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52 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

This is Cormorant today at Taff Bridge with the front chopped off  

 

 

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I reckon they'll weld it back on again, once they've got that digger properly inside....

 

 

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On 27/09/2024 at 21:31, MtB said:

 

 

I reckon they'll weld it back on again, once they've got that digger properly inside....

 

 

There wasn't enough head room to get the digger in.

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On 01/08/2024 at 22:38, Chris-B said:

If and I do say if I recall correctly Neil had the JP2 put in  

Just found this thread, so my comment may not now be totally relevant.

Yes, it was Neil who put the JP in. As I recall, it came from a fishing boat on the south coast. I suspect it had been sunk for some time as the engine surfaces were quite pitted. ( and probably still are)

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On 02/10/2024 at 18:14, monkeyhanger said:

Just found this thread, so my comment may not now be totally relevant.

Yes, it was Neil who put the JP in. As I recall, it came from a fishing boat on the south coast. I suspect it had been sunk for some time as the engine surfaces were quite pitted. ( and probably still are)

Just heard today the Neil Todd who owned Greenlaw ( and other boats) passed away today 

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26 minutes ago, Chris-B said:

Just heard today the Neil Todd who owned Greenlaw ( and other boats) passed away today 

 

Was he the current owner of Greenlaw? Greenlaw passed us while we were working, he came and had a chat. He seemed fairly young?

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1 minute ago, Chris-B said:

No ! Neil was a previous owner who was involved in the conversion to what it is now 

a lovely chap 

Ah, either way, that is a shame. Condolences to all who knew him.

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1948 Historic Tug on the Thames, Glennifer Diesel still in place. Ebay item number 286094033674. maybe someone more savvy than me can put a link up on here.

Wish I were a bit younger and could take it on.

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6 minutes ago, SUIGENERIS said:

1948 Historic Tug on the Thames, Glennifer Diesel still in place. Ebay item number 286094033674. maybe someone more savvy than me can put a link up on here.

Wish I were a bit younger and could take it on.

Here you go https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286094033674

 

Interesting boat and a lot of it for the money

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Bill the tug's Boat. Interesting indeed. He died a while back. Its a commercial tug hull and he built the topsides. I went in it in the mid 90s. its very deep and the Gleniffer is air start so may present some issues. 

 

 

 

 

It is a cool Boat but it is rather deep. I believe it is 5ft or possibly a bit more. 

 

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54 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Bill the tug's Boat. Interesting indeed. He died a while back. Its a commercial tug hull and he built the topsides. I went in it in the mid 90s. its very deep and the Gleniffer is air start so may present some issues. 

 

 

 

 

It is a cool Boat but it is rather deep. I believe it is 5ft or possibly a bit more. 

 

Not sure I'd get my head around it but air-start means that you get a twin pot Lister thrown in as a bonus extra

Can imagine it being very deep. Has a low profile, obvious in the unconverted photos but still has generous headroom down below.

Looks to have been a boater's boat. Pillar drill, engineer's vice but no fancy non-boaty gadgetry to be seen.

Hope someone with the enthusiasm and skills of the previous owner can take it on.

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It is deep. 

This will be a drawback. Bill the tug was a Boat person. I used to live in Hampton Wick as a youth and saw Charles W regularly while out in the dinghy. Nice Boat the price is about right. Might go for rather less than that. I think he might have spares for the Gleniffer as well which could be interesting for somebody. 

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I knew I had a picture, we were moored opposite during the Summer, came back late evening and were stopped by loads of kids on canoes....they were the grandkids of our next door neighbor's boat at Stowe Hill, and saw the SH painted on our back cabin.

 

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I sent a message to the Massey Shaw fireboat and got a reply. 

 

They have a pair of Gleniffer 8s and one of them has sadly been seriously damaged by water ingress. I think the unit in Charles W is a DB6 but as I recall Bill the tug may have had spares on board. It is very difficult to find spares for Gleniffers. Worth checking. 

 

 

 

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21 hours ago, BilgePump said:

Here you go https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286094033674

 

Interesting boat and a lot of it for the money

Very nice! Got radar too. Not a great deal of spec though. £10k to buy - £40k to recommission? I'm guessing 12' beam. It's gorgeous.

Pop across the Channel, France, Belgium & Holland. Beautiful aft cabin.

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The old launch tugs were rather less than 12ft wide. More like 10ft. 

He did heavily modify the topsides making it appear larger. 

 

I've passed there dozens of times and never seen it move. 

 

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