Historic Boats for sale online

[Derek R.]

Just now, James Owen said:

Apologies to Ian would be more appropriate I feel.

Yes, I was just thinking that - Apologies to both . . .

[zenataomm]

Apart from Ian's phone number is Comet listed anywhere?

[spud]

27 minutes ago, zenataomm said:

Apart from Ian's phone number is Comet listed anywhere?

facebook = david kemp boatbuilding

[Admiral]

Historic Butty

[roland elsdon]

Guccc Fenny.

On way to brokers.

[magnetman]

Brokers not breakers. 

[roland elsdon]

Would rather break her than have what happened to both Thaxted and Mecca happen to her. 

[merline]

Interesting, apparently one of the boats converted on the Basingstoke canal....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387400899699?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=oxuzrgc5tpy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=1ORLvjsaRtO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Bee]

A very basic joey, probably 7`and half an inch wide but a tape measure would be a good idea. Doesn't look too bad 

[John Brightley]

30 minutes ago, merline said:

Interesting, apparently one of the boats converted on the Basingstoke canal....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387400899699?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=oxuzrgc5tpy&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=1ORLvjsaRtO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Here's a photo. It shows the remains of the cabin, in the Basingstoke houseboat style. 

Just now, Bee said:

A very basic joey, probably 7`and half an inch wide but a tape measure would be a good idea. Doesn't look too bad 

The ad says seven and half feet wide but I think it's more likely that you are correct ! May need a few chains to pull it back to the correct width though. At £3k it could be good value as it is if anyone needs a workboat.

 

[David Mack]

1 hour ago, John Brightley said:

 

The ad says seven and half feet wide but I think it's more likely that you are correct!

 

My initial thought was that I think some of the wooden Badingstoke houseboats were later enclosed within steel hulls, so if it is one of these it could well be 7ft 6ins. But this looks to be a riveted hull, so probably no more than about 7ft (ish).

[matty40s]

On 10/09/2024 at 19:27, roland elsdon said:

Would rather break her than have what happened to both Thaxted and Mecca happen to her. 

Which Mecca..

[Derek R.]

4 hours ago, John Brightley said:

Here's a photo. It shows the remains of the cabin, in the Basingstoke houseboat style. 

The ad says seven and half feet wide but I think it's more likely that you are correct ! May need a few chains to pull it back to the correct width though. At £3k it could be good value as it is if anyone needs a workboat.

 

 

Is this the remains of 'JOKER' that was tied above Fishery lock for some time?

[matty40s]

2 hours ago, David Mack said:

My initial thought was that I think some of the wooden Badingstoke houseboats were later enclosed within steel hulls, so if it is one of these it could well be 7ft 6ins. But this looks to be a riveted hull, so probably no more than about 7ft (ish).

There was a Basingstoke moored just above Old Fishery Lane..2009 time? which In believe went to Winkwell, but I thought it had been cut up into 3 pieces....

[roland elsdon]

14 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Which Mecca..

We had the front of Lms Mecca in 2000, rebuilt to 70 ft. She was a simply lovely living boat. Sold her when we went to work in Aus in 2005.

Time has not done her proud.

[matty40s]

9 minutes ago, roland elsdon said:

We had the front of Lms Mecca in 2000, rebuilt to 70 ft. She was a simply lovely living boat. Sold her when we went to work in Aus in 2005.

Time has not done her proud.

She was still good when moored at Bishops Meadow in Loughborough, but went downhill fast after that.. 

 

The other end we have followed, been in front of round the Thames ring this year.!

Edited September 19 by matty40s

[GUMPY]

50 minutes ago, matty40s said:

There was a Basingstoke moored just above Old Fishery Lane..2009 time? which In believe went to Winkwell, but I thought it had been cut up into 3 pieces....

It was cut up last time I saw it.

I seem to remember it was a wooden one not metal.

It's still on Google maps in three bits

https://maps.app.goo.gl/W7LuUPJqMTQbuLjq9

 

Edited September 19 by GUMPY

[matty40s]

Just now, GUMPY said:

It was cut up last time I saw it.

I seem to remember it was a wooden one not metal.

That one is definitely not wood, and my photos of the other one disappeared in a laptop crash and the nasty Photobucket have stopped all access to any stored on there.

[agg221]

30 minutes ago, matty40s said:

There was a Basingstoke moored just above Old Fishery Lane..2009 time? which In believe went to Winkwell, but I thought it had been cut up into 3 pieces....

Looking closely at the photos, rivets are clearly visible on the inside but not the outside. I wonder 

 

4 hours ago, John Brightley said:

Here's a photo. It shows the remains of the cabin, in the Basingstoke houseboat style. 

The ad says seven and half feet wide but I think it's more likely that you are correct ! May need a few chains to pull it back to the correct width though. At £3k it could be good value as it is if anyone needs a workboat.

 

Looking closely at the photos, rivets are clearly visible on the inside but not the outside where welds can be seen. I wonder whether someone has completely tanked a riveted Joey in steel, hence the width?

Alec

[GUMPY]

Been playing with Google Earth.

Here is a satellite image of the 3 bits of Joker

 

[Paul H]

10 hours ago, matty40s said:

She was still good when moored at Bishops Meadow in Loughborough, but went downhill fast after that.. 

 

The other end we have followed, been in front of round the Thames ring this year.!

Tim’s Mecca is a different ex-BCN boat!  The back end of LMS Mecca moors at Warwickshire Fly

Paul

[roland elsdon]

Three rivetted Mecca’s

 

1) Bcn day boat used to moor on GU Bugbrook.

2)  Lms Rear end ( going forward) at Warwickshire Fly circa 42 ft

3) Front  lms  now 70 ft . Thats our old boat. Used to hang around with (2) quite a lot when we lived between Warwickshire fly and end of ashby canal.

 

[GUMPY]

The boat that was cut up at Winkwell was Jester, in its working life was Tilbury a Walkers wooden butty.

 

More info as to what it was

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/9352-anyone-know-anything-about-this-boat/

 

Edited September 20 by GUMPY

[alan_fincher]

3 hours ago, GUMPY said:

The boat that was cut up at Winkwell was Jester, in its working life was Tilbury a Walkers wooden butty.

 

More info as to what it was

https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/9352-anyone-know-anything-about-this-boat/

 

Without drilling back again through all the information (and speculation) about JESTER, it is my memory that whilst it may have been TILBURY, there was not firm evidence that this had to be the case.

I guess there were quite a lot of ex GUCCCo "Ricky" buttys that may have been separated from their original names.

[GUMPY]

1 hour ago, alan_fincher said:

Without drilling back again through all the information (and speculation) about JESTER, it is my memory that whilst it may have been TILBURY, there was not firm evidence that this had to be the case.

I guess there were quite a lot of ex GUCCCo "Ricky" buttys that may have been separated from their original names.

I just took the butty name from that thread as it was reported that Pete Harrison said it was probably Tilbury. That's good enough for me.