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Posted
6 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

 

And I IMMEDIATELY get a whopping great bite!!

 

:giggles:

 

 

Be careful those have one hell of a kick back, amazingly efficient on diesel though!

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Posted

Yes but it is a butty not a horse boat. 

A boat specifically built to be paired with a motor rather than on built to be hauled by an animal. 

 

 

Posted
7 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Hmmm, doesn't say what engine it has....

 

 

 

Well originally it had either a National or a Russell Newbery (in Hyperion).

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Posted

 

Curious thing about the Roach listing. It says Roach has a new bottom by Ian Kemp in 2017.

 

I was under the impression that Ian had sadly passed away a number of years ago. Is that wrong? 

 

 

 

 

Posted
2 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Curious thing about the Roach listing. It says Roach has a new bottom by Ian Kemp in 2017.

 

I was under the impression that Ian had sadly passed away a number of years ago. Is that wrong? 

 

 

 

 

That isn't correct

Posted
4 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

I saw somewhere Roach was off to become a trip boat.

It was earlier in the year, if you look at the Jacksons fuel site, you will see why it was sold.

It was off to the Weaver when last seen.

Posted
6 hours ago, matty40s said:

It was earlier in the year, if you look at the Jacksons fuel site, you will see why it was sold.

It was off to the Weaver when last seen.

I saw it on the Weaver at Northwich on 9 August.

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Posted
10 minutes ago, pipistrelle said:

Why did I click on the link in this post?! Reminding myself that as a single-hander it'd be a bit futile to have a butty... 

 

You'd be batty to get a butty....  :giggles:

 

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, pipistrelle said:

Why did I click on the link in this post?! Reminding myself that as a single-hander it'd be a bit futile to have a butty... 

When Peter Hawker operated Bletchley & Argus as fuel boats on the lower GU, he was regularly seen single-handing them!

Posted

Barry with Whitby & Pictor used to run single handed.

There is a (possibly apocryphal) story regarding a GRP cruiser tied up on the outside of a bend for lunch. The owners of which where afforded the rare opportunity to closely inspect the rivet pattern employed by H&W in the front end of the Small Woolwich. 

Posted

I don't doubt that other, far more experienced boaters can single-hand a pair! I, on the other hand am a relative newbie. Perhaps it's something to aspire to. ?More to the point, I'm not sure I could afford two boats.

Posted
6 hours ago, zenataomm said:

Barry with Whitby & Pictor used to run single handed.

Here's Whitby and Pictor going round the turn single handed at Hawkesbury in 1980. Who it is steering I don't know though.

 

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Posted (edited)
8 hours ago, pipistrelle said:

More to the point, I'm not sure I could afford two boats.

I think there are very few who would want to commit to an unconverted butty at £29000, especially an unfinished project. I would be very interested in pursuing HYADES but not at anywhere near this price :captain:

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Posted
33 minutes ago, John Brightley said:

Here's Whitby and Pictor going round the turn single handed at Hawkesbury in 1980. Who it is steering I don't know though.

 

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A large Grand Union boat with its fore end as high as WHITBY in this image was a common sight a few years ago, many owners nowadays preferring to ballast them down a bit - which in my opinion defies the point of owning a large Grand Union boat :captain:

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Posted
On 10/10/2019 at 10:11, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Curious thing about the Roach listing. It says Roach has a new bottom by Ian Kemp in 2017.

 

I was under the impression that Ian had sadly passed away a number of years ago. Is that wrong? 

 

 

 

 

Could you be thinking of Ian Clifton Mike? He rebuilt Marcellus that used to be my home.

Posted
1 hour ago, John Brightley said:

Here's Whitby and Pictor going round the turn single handed at Hawkesbury in 1980. Who it is steering I don't know though.

 

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Looks like John Batten - the then owner- to me

Posted
54 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

A large Grand Union boat with its fore end as high as WHITBY in this image was a common sight a few years ago, many owners nowadays preferring to ballast them down a bit - which in my opinion defies the point of owning a large Grand Union boat :captain:


I think that until I read tales of people having to stop and fully dismantle a cratch and take the deck board down before they can get under something low!

That does actually seem to arise quite often with unconverterted "big" boats with a deck board up, and my guess is that is why people often ballast the front down a fair bit.

Posted

Unballasted was fun on a windy day. On the Nene exiting a lock in a storm with very little way on we were blown round completely. Now converted and ballasted its no longer a problem

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