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Dec 3, 2016 19:49:48 GMT dogless said:

Proper river boats.

Rog

6' 10" beam and very low profile ..... less h airdraft than most narrowboats ..... they're a proper go anywhere boat and will sit level if they dry out

Benfleet creek awaiting the tide by mudlarker2, on Flickr

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the biggest disadvantage of age .... is that you can't outgrow it

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Dec 3, 2016 19:45:56 GMT kris said:

Dec 3, 2016 19:34:52 GMT @gazza said:

A Kubota D722 I marinised for him, it's got a Hurth 50 box on the original ST prop and goes like the clappers.
It leans outwards in a full throttle full lock turn - much like a battleship, a bit unnerving at first!

id rather have the diesel over the petrol anyday. I still think you yoghurt pot owners should pay more than the rest of us.

Much nicer bit of kit.

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Dec 3, 2016 19:38:41 GMT JohnV said:

That picture came off the old Ormelite web site. It's semi moribund at the moment due to the chap whose site it is, having some major family problem.
The picture (if I recall correctly) was posted by someone called Olly but I thought it was called securedownload ...... did think it might be the same boat but possibly before your brother owned it.

That's my Brother

That picture is taken on SSA during the winter, note the big red sign on the guillotine gate.

I think it must be 2013 as he hadn't repainted the top.

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Dec 3, 2016 20:04:00 GMT @gazza said:

Dec 3, 2016 19:38:41 GMT JohnV said:

That picture came off the old Ormelite web site. It's semi moribund at the moment due to the chap whose site it is, having some major family problem.
The picture (if I recall correctly) was posted by someone called Olly but I thought it was called securedownload ...... did think it might be the same boat but possibly before your brother owned it.

That's my Brother

That picture is taken on SSA during the winter, note the big red sign on the guillotine gate.

I think it must be 2013 as he hadn't repainted the top.

I'm lucky, my superstructure is still in it's original gel coat.

the biggest disadvantage of age .... is that you can't outgrow it

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Dec 3, 2016 20:18:16 GMT JohnV said:

Dec 3, 2016 20:04:00 GMT @gazza said:

That's my Brother

That picture is taken on SSA during the winter, note the big red sign on the guillotine gate.

I think it must be 2013 as he hadn't repainted the top.

I'm lucky, my superstructure is still in it's original gel coat.

Northern Star has been on the Nene from new, latterly I think Stevie Wonder had been at it with a yard brush and many pots of dulux!

It took hours of scraping to get it to something like sensible to paint.

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	the biggest disadvantage of age .... is that you can't outgrow it

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Dec 3, 2016 19:57:38 GMT JohnV said:

Dec 3, 2016 19:49:48 GMT dogless said:

Proper river boats.

Rog

6' 10" beam and very low profile ..... less h airdraft than most narrowboats ..... they're a proper go anywhere boat and will sit level if they dry out

Benfleet creek awaiting the tide by mudlarker2, on Flickr

It's a clever bit of design that, the hull chine being almost as low as the keel at the centre of the boat makes it behave almost like a bilge keel without the drawbacks of bilge keels in shallow water ways.

Our E27 will take on an alarming list if dried out!

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