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Post by paddlegear on Nov 6, 2016 10:21:11 GMT
I know not if this is the right place for this but no doubt someone will tell me if otherwise, so here goes.
Talking to my little brother this morn, he ask me if I knew what happened to a 60' Springer by the name of Palindrome.
Built, I think, in the mid '70's ( '75/'76?) and painted at that time in GWR colours - Lister 3 cylinder air cooled engine- can't remember what type.
Does anyone know of its fate?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 6, 2016 10:58:01 GMT
There's no boat of that name showing on the boat register so it has presumably been scrapped.
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Post by paddlegear on Nov 6, 2016 11:19:30 GMT
This is as I thought.
Pity as had some very fine times on her. I remember trying to do various loops on the BCN way back when navigation of some was a real challenge.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 6, 2016 11:22:22 GMT
There's no boat of that name showing on the boat register so it has presumably been scrapped. It is quite likely that you're right in what you say, and that this old Springer has been scrapped.
But.....if the boat has left BW-CaRT waters some (or maybe many) years ago, and because of that doesn't need their licence anymore, you wouldn't find it on the boat register either.
Peter.
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Post by kris on Nov 6, 2016 11:27:24 GMT
Or if the name of the boat has been changed, it might not show up.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 6, 2016 11:30:35 GMT
There's no boat of that name showing on the boat register so it has presumably been scrapped. It is quite likely that you're right in what you say, and that this old Springer has been scrapped.
But.....if the boat has left BW-CaRT waters some (or maybe many) years ago, and because of that doesn't need their licence anymore, you wouldn't find it on the boat register either.
Peter.
Good point Peter ........ It always surprises me when I visit some of the yards and moorings around the Thames estuary and the Essex coast, you find narrowboats in various stages of renovation/abandonment tucked away in corners. You look at some of them and wonder how the heck they got there with only salty water around the yard. I did notice a Springer in not that bad a nick ashore by the River Roach |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 11:57:01 GMT
Palindrome. Did it look the same from both ends?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 11:59:24 GMT
I remember a springer which was 70ft and had been lengthened. It was around in the early 00s down around Uxbridge. It was called "all boys"
Bit unusual to see a 70 footer but I think there are several.
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Post by paddlegear on Nov 6, 2016 12:30:40 GMT
Palindrome. Did it look the same from both ends? Ho, ho! |
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Post by paddlegear on Nov 6, 2016 12:32:35 GMT
She was based in Hertford by the ice-cream depot - I'll see if I can find her BW no.
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Post by paddlegear on Nov 6, 2016 12:58:14 GMT
No luck with number - I had a look at some old photos and there is no sign of a BW number the side of the boat just says Palindrome and Hertford.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 6, 2016 13:02:58 GMT
No luck with number - I had a look at some old photos and there is no sign of a BW number the side of the boat just says Palindrome and Hertford. Maybe if you posted a photo it might be useful. |
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 6, 2016 16:36:38 GMT
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Post by twbm2 on Nov 6, 2016 17:09:23 GMT
Buggering about on Google 'cause you never know, I found this palindrome:
A man. A plan. A canal. Panama.
Completely irrelevant but it's got canal in it.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 6, 2016 17:13:55 GMT
How about... "T. Eliot, top bard, notes putrid tang emanating, is sad; I'd assign it a name: gnat dirt upset on drab pot toilet".
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