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Post by JohnV on May 24, 2017 18:27:47 GMT
when I first saw the photo I was impressed by the generous gunwales and the taper to the stern. an interesting looking boat Andrew Photos from when she was built approx 20 years ago www.pickwellandarnold.co.uk/Profile_Other/Cobo/Cobo.htmUnderwater shape is very unusual but I don't have any pics. Swims like a fish. Nice photos ..... lovely looking boat !!!
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Post by bargemast on May 25, 2017 9:54:11 GMT
This is the boat what I live on, on the towpath. I have another, bigger boat as well Hi magnetman, my laptop is working again, don't know how long for as it's playing up and blocking a bit (much) too often, and has lots of problems communicating with my smartphone.
I tried to see the photo that you posted, but it says :"Photo not found", which is too bad as I would have liked to see another Pickwell & Arnolds barge.
Is this just something here ? or is it the same on other members computers ?
Peter.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 10:27:50 GMT
I edited the post afterwards and the picture has gone. I'll put it back up.
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Post by bargemast on May 25, 2017 10:50:03 GMT
I edited the post afterwards and the picture has gone. I'll put it back up. Thanks in advance for that,
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 11:09:21 GMT
The photo was 3 years old and didn't have the below gunnel portholes I put in (yes I know its nerdy). This one shows said portholes
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Post by bargemast on May 25, 2017 12:24:43 GMT
Thanks for that, I found a few photos of your boat from before the portholes in the sides, I've seen another P & A on the L & L in Skipton (2011 ?) named "Travis", and several in France, of which the first one was "Osprey" which was a different shaped barge, and a few Luxemotor Replicas "Noordster","Kyrenia" (should be back in the UK now) and "Pogue Ma Hone".
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 13:42:11 GMT
Some of those are on the Pickwell and Arnold website and show their unusual underwater shape astern.
I saw Kyrenia in Dijon a couple if years ago. Slightly smaller at 50ft rather than 57ft which is the more usual length.
Nice boat was for sale (in the UK) for £115k recently.
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Post by bargemast on May 25, 2017 17:31:37 GMT
Some of those are on the Pickwell and Arnold website and show their unusual underwater shape astern. I saw Kyrenia in Dijon a couple if years ago. Slightly smaller at 50ft rather than 57ft which is the more usual length. Nice boat was for sale (in the UK) for £115k recently. Had a look at the P & A website and have the impreesion that they don't work anymore, this as next to several pictures on their website it says more coming soon, and like : Coming soon - the launch! but it all seemed to have stopped in 2006.
"Kyrenia" is listed as 49', she was craned out nearby me, at Migennes and transported back to the UK by road.
I didn't know that they'd built the "Varylon" too, the owner of that barge had a nice and very strongly built 50' barge before that was built by Tayberg from Brighouse that sadly has closed down like Sagar the other Brighouse boatbuilders.
They right next to the picture of the "Noordster" "Noord Steer", but apart from that it was an interesting visit on their website.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 17:51:11 GMT
Both of my steel boats were built by Pickwell and Arnold. Very good boats if rather "industrial" and not polished (which I like) but they seem to have a slightly "iffy" reputation. I think this mainly revolved around engine installations. Steelwork is ok in terms of appearance and thick as well if a bit basic compared to some other modern reproductions. Pretty sure they stopped producing boats about 10 years ago and I am a bit confused as to why the website is still there. Its handy to see pics of the boats although my barge is not one of the ones they have listed. Mine is a bit unusual as it does not have a cabin behind the wheelhouse, and it has teak window frames.
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Post by bargemast on May 25, 2017 18:43:35 GMT
Both of my steel boats were built by Pickwell and Arnold. Very good boats if rather "industrial" and not polished (which I like) but they seem to have a slightly "iffy" reputation. I think this mainly revolved around engine installations. Steelwork is ok in terms of appearance and thick as well if a bit basic compared to some other modern reproductions. Pretty sure they stopped producing boats about 10 years ago and I am a bit confused as to why the website is still there. Its handy to see pics of the boats although my barge is not one of the ones they have listed. Mine is a bit unusual as it does not have a cabin behind the wheelhouse, and it has teak window frames. Bloody computer, I sent my message and it cut out again, lost all my writing, hope to have more luck at a second try.
Unless this was the name of your barge before it became yours, or if not, it's another one they built without a back-cabin.
www.pickwellandarnold.co.uk/Profile_Wide%20Beam/Standley/Standley.htm
P & A were not known as yacht quality builders, they made more workboat like boats, there's nothing wrong with that.
One of the two used to work for Dunstons in the past, there they built excellent quality strong and long lasting barges, they didn't care for beautifully flat grinding (strenght reducing) of the welds there, that may be part of the reason why they had a more "industrial" look about them.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 19:38:28 GMT
My boat wasn't Standley Clifford. She (Standley) has alumimium window frames. I believe she is the vessel now called Borah? Was for sale recently at Roydon Marina. I did wonder if one of the P&A builders had something to do with northern commercial barges. I'm not surprised at all if thats the case as their boats do seem to have a lot of similarities. Like a scaled down version but with a cabin. I'd like to know where the stern underwater shape came from. It makes the boats "interesting" and enjoyable to handle Shown on this page www.pickwellandarnold.co.uk/Profile_Wide%20Beam/Hawthorn/Hawthorn.htm where the boat is on a low loader. A lot of water gets to the prop but it also results in a tender boat which tends to slide around corners. I like that.
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Post by quaysider on May 25, 2017 20:17:41 GMT
I'll come back here once I've uploaded today's blog posting... the phone signal is rubbish this way around (just turned the boat to put the name on the starboard side)... watch this space.
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Post by Ssscrudddy on May 25, 2017 21:00:37 GMT
NB On Schedule! E l t o n Locks, River Nene, June 2016.
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Post by Jim on May 30, 2017 5:53:39 GMT
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Post by quaysider on May 31, 2017 18:18:06 GMT
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