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Sudbury is nice but it has a modern cabin and internal fitout which to me makes a bit of a difference. An original back cabin is an asset on a historic boat, a step that has been stepped on a lot and that sort of thing.

 

The owner of Sudbury is a friend of mine and I always told myself I would go for it if he sold it and I am going to have a look .. But i am not sure it has quite enough original parts for the right vibe. its a very nice boat :)

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Sudbury is nice but it has a modern cabin and internal fitout which to me makes a bit of a difference. An original back cabin is an asset on a historic boat, a step that has been stepped on a lot and that sort of thing.

 

The owner of Sudbury is a friend of mine and I always told myself I would go for it if he sold it and I am going to have a look .. But i am not sure it has quite enough original parts for the right vibe. its a very nice boat smile.png

 

Very few GUCCCo "Northwich" boats retain their original riveted steel cabins - certainly neither of mind do! If you went shopping a Yarwoods GU boat and insisted on original back cabin, you could be looking an awfully long while!

 

I don't think Sudbury is significantly less "original" than most, is it?

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Very few GUCCCo "Northwich" boats retain their original riveted steel cabins - certainly neither of mind do! If you went shopping a Yarwoods GU boat and insisted on original back cabin, you could be looking an awfully long while!

 

I don't think Sudbury is significantly less "original" than most, is it?

 

Yes fair points Alan and Sudbury is a nice little boat. The back cabin is very well put together even if not original it is an excellent copy.

 

Did onionbargee sell Tadworth?

 

I prefer the cut down boats on balance which is why Sudbury has always appealed to me.

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Tadworth is still moored up in same place.

 

Having heard the other day what a different partially life expired Large Northwich was acquired for, I can't see Tadworth finding a buyer until OB is prepared to be far more flexible on his pricing, frankly.

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Having heard the other day what a different partially life expired Large Northwich was acquired for, I can't see Tadworth finding a buyer until OB is prepared to be far more flexible on his pricing, frankly.

 

Well testament is that it's still there. I noticed recently some cut up boat sections have appeared there too next to Tadworth. Did not have camera handy.

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Is it? The engine that is

 

Richard

It is just an old Lister to me, unless it can be proven to be a marine engine and to have come out of something interesting.

 

I have the engine serial numbers of most JP2's fitted by 'British Waterways' and 'Barlows' back in the 1950's. I can even suggest where many of these engines are now captain.gif

 

Reading this back I think I need to get a life ninja.gif

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It is just an old Lister to me, unless it can be proven to be a marine engine and to have come out of something interesting.

 

I have the engine serial numbers of most JP2's fitted by 'British Waterways' and 'Barlows' back in the 1950's. I can even suggest where many of these engines are now :captain:

 

Reading this back I think I need to get a life :ninja:

It looks like an ordinary JP to me as well, not a marine one

 

Richard

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It looks like an ordinary JP to me as well, not a marine one

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It's not a marine unit....it's also mounted back to front compared to even most industrial JP's with the gearbox driven from what would be the flywheel end on a marine unit....it does give you a forward facing flywheel I suppose but I'm not sure if it causes any other problems...Martyn from MPS would be the best person to advise on that.

 

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Is that a new listing?

 

It only changed hands just before the Braunston show, so it is back on the market PDQ if that is a new advert.

 

George ex nb Alton retired

 

Yes, newly listed.

 

Doesn't sound a lot of money, so I assume it might need a fair bit of work, possibly?

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Is that a new listing?

 

It only changed hands just before the Braunston show, so it is back on the market PDQ if that is a new advert.

 

George ex nb Alton retired

If you look at the broker's website, rather than the linked website it says sold. I spoke to the new owner when he was moored in Stoke Bruerne shortly after Braunston and he said that Gerald was going to Uxbridge for some work.

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Don't foget folks that Great Haywood brokerage have a strange habit of listing boats on Apollo Duck that have already been sold.

 

 

A recognised selling technique.

 

List stuff you don't have, at low(ish) prices to get the phone jumping off the hook, then offer the callers a different boat (or whatever you sell) which is rather similar and you DO have, but isn't quite such a bargain.

 

It's called 'switch selling' in the unethical world of a subset of salesmen and women.

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