Historic Boats for sale online

[David Mack]

18 minutes ago, merline said:

All of the "Historics" at CBS have had a hefty price drop, got to be worth a look now surely? 

https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/boats-for-sale/dealer-commercial-boat-services-411072/

Wow. Some substantial reductions.

I wonder how much they charge to transport the boat and put it back in the water? And do they allow you to do hull work to get a boat insurable before it leaves their site?

[zenataomm]

On 15/11/2023 at 08:51, Stroudwater1 said:

 

October 2023

 

See previous page, Angels lost her (seemingly nicely painted) name, any ideas why? 

Could it be that it looked awful bending the wrong way  And good taste prevailed?

Edited November 30, 2023 by zenataomm
Tits pecking through my bottle tops!

[matty40s]

On 15/11/2023 at 08:51, Stroudwater1 said:

 

October 2023

 

See previous page, Angels lost her (seemingly nicely painted) name, any ideas why? 

It looked like cheap white sticker letters to me.

[MtB]

38 minutes ago, matty40s said:

It looked like cheap white sticker letters to me.

 

 

I agree.

 

I think any decent canal signwriter would be embarrassed to claim this as his or her work.

 

 

 

 

 

[rusty69]

55 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

I agree.

 

I think any decent canal signwriter would be embarrassed to claim this as his or her work.

 

 

 

 

 

You think it should read 'Angle'?

[MtB]

2 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

You think it should read 'Angle'?

 

Having met CanalChef, maybe it should! 

 

 

[DShK]

2 hours ago, MtB said:

 

Having met CanalChef, maybe it should! 

 

 

Is Badsey still for sale?

Angel sold quickly. But through a broker 🤔

[Tonka]

14 hours ago, MtB said:

 

 

I agree.

 

I think any decent canal signwriter would be embarrassed to claim this as his or her work.

 

 

 

 

 

i knew of one who would be proud of that and tell you it is balanced

[Bee]

The worst examples are vinyl boat names that are straight and don't follow any sort of hull shape at all. Bee has "Stourport on Severn" in  vinyl lettering and to get it to look OK each letter is cut out and  applied separately to follow the curve of the hull.

[Tim Lewis]

Chiswick for sale:

 

NB Chiswick - Braunston Marina

 

[magnetman]

"This Boat was built by Harland and Wolf in 1937 in 10/6/4 plating with genuine rivets."

 

Hmm. Funny they would have been using metric. 

JP2M is rather pleasant. 

 

Nice boat !

[IanM]

11 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

Chiswick for sale:

 

NB Chiswick - Braunston Marina

 

 

That's been for sale since June time and I'm sure has been mentioned on here before.

[DShK]

Yeah, I went to see it and got talked out of buying it! It's come down in price by £8k. Still overpriced from what I was told.

[davidg]

Who writes this stuff: "built by Harland & Wolff in 1937 with 10/6/4 plating" even allowing for metric equivalents if H&W put a 10mm bottom on they must have made it thicker than the first ones, mine was only 5/16". Would that 4 figure refer to the 4mm wooden cabin? Which moves us on to "the back cabin is largely unchanged from its days of cargo carrying": well if you count the old wooden cabin having been removed and a new steel cabin put in its place I suppose it is largely unchanged, apart from being made of a different material, a different shape, doors through to the engine room.....😂

Edited December 6, 2023 by davidg

[magnetman]

I like the bit where they say genuine rivets. 

 

In case anyone is not sure this ain't no washer josher you're looking at. 

 

I think the 10 6 4 thing is a 'now you feel comfortable' type of marketing BS. 

 

I guess they are trying to widen the potential number of buyers. 

 

Doesn't look like the original steerer's step. I suppose it might be. 

[Dav and Pen]

I believe that originally The Northwich and Woolwich boats had 3/8th inch ship grade steel bottoms.

[alan_fincher]

On 15/11/2023 at 08:51, Stroudwater1 said:

 

October 2023

 

See previous page, Angels lost her (seemingly nicely painted) name, any ideas why? 

 

That is surely the first time I have ever seen a tonneau cover on the baack of a butty!

 

[magnetman]

Someone put their thinking hat on.

Not a fan of covers but having briefly owned a boat with that sort of hatches I can see the point of it. 

Edited December 6, 2023 by magnetman

[DShK]

The guy who is selling Chiswick, supposedly it was his first boat. He did not own it long. That's probably where the BS comes from. Would have thought brokerage in braunston would have made suggestions on edits...

[stagedamager]

1 hour ago, DShK said:

The guy who is selling Chiswick, supposedly it was his first boat. He did not own it long. That's probably where the BS comes from. Would have thought brokerage in braunston would have made suggestions on edits...

as they host the Braunston historic boat gathering...... quite!!

[Paul H]

2 hours ago, alan_fincher said:

 

That is surely the first time I have ever seen a tonneau cover on the baack of a butty!

 

But quite sensible if the butty is unattended.  As built, the boats didn’t have “scuppers” or drains from the hatches (“aft cockpit.”). So rainwater goes into the bilges under the cabin.  If you seal the deck/cockpit and introduce scuppers then you’ve got trouble (or wellies!) if you put a  load on!

 

Paul

[magnetman]

Maybe they could have a pram hood. 

 

 

[BWM]

3 hours ago, Dav and Pen said:

I believe that originally The Northwich and Woolwich boats had 3/8th inch ship grade steel bottoms.

The big boats had 6mm sides and baseplate, and the engine room is just under 3mm thick.

[magnetman]

Just under 3mm? I wonder what that was. Maybe 7/64" ? 

Also I think it was 1/4" not 6mm. 6.35mm. 

 

Maybe they used metric. 

[Chris-B]

7 hours ago, DShK said:

Yeah, I went to see it and got talked out of buying it! It's come down in price by £8k. Still overpriced from what I was told.

We looked at it as well before getting CYPRUS