Painting, Blacking, Boat Repair And A Mooring

[LizL]

Hi

 

We are travelling North in our newly acquired narrowboat on the Oxford canal and would love any member's advice on good, reliable boatyards who will take her out the water, check all is well, do the blacking and painting and look at other aspects of the boat which will need taking care of (it is a family boat and we know the history). We are considering several options regarding mooring and have found a possible marina place but are currently trying to keep our options open and would very much welcome any thoughts on this.

 

We live in Gloucestershire and would prefer something which is at a reasonable distance so that we can get to her during the winter and work on smaller jobs which we feel confident tackling. We are experienced boaters and have owned two narrowboats previously but not are not experienced diy-ers!

 

Any thoughts would be much appreciated, many thanks.

 

 

Liz

 

 

[oarfish]

Walker services at Aynho did a good job fitting a stove to our boat, they may have some spaces left. The marina is 1 minutes walk from a gastropub too which is handy.

[bottle]

Thought:

 

Take the boat to the Gloucester Sharpness canal.

 

Saul junction Marina, or winter mooring towpath (C&RT)

 

R W Davies boatyard, Saul Junction

 

A & D Marine, Hempstead.

[LizL]

Thanks for your thoughts so far - our original plan was actually the Gloucester and Sharpness - but we were wondering about being trapped by the Severn..... also, we are quite keen to go down to London next year.....

 

Any more thoughts or recommendations very welcome, thanks!

 

 

Liz

[trackman]

The Severn can be a problem, but so can other rivers, the Trent & Soar in our area being good examples.

However, if you hope to boat in winter, frozen canals have been quite an issue too almost every winter since we bought our current boat 7 years ago.

Bear in mind both issues as far as they relate to your intended boating.

[richardf]

We live in Gloucestershire and we were very happy with a short trip up the M5 to Stourport - or Droitwich Marina may be even closer now