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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 16:46:19 GMT
Of course
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 16:47:44 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 16:50:19 GMT
I spotted that and the other one they have.
They reckon that one is 90 years old. This seems improbable.
Quite an unusual piece of scrap.
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 16:58:15 GMT
Damm I hoped you hadn't seen the other one. I might buy it if I can get it cheap, just to paint up and sell on. How much do you think it would be worth with an outboard on painted up? I agree about the 90 year old one very unusual, apparently used in the speed well cavern.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 17:13:15 GMT
I think the other one the steel dinghy is probably worth about £35. Maybe £100 with outboard.
There was a really nice dutch steel dinghy hanging around Hampton court for ages nobody wanted it because it had a hole in it.
I think it got taken eventually. That was one of those pretty ones you see on dutch barges rather than the boxy thing you are referring to.
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 17:39:04 GMT
I think the other one the steel dinghy is probably worth about £35. Maybe £100 with outboard. There was a really nice dutch steel dinghy hanging around Hampton court for ages nobody wanted it because it had a hole in it. I think it got taken eventually. That was one of those pretty ones you see on dutch barges rather than the boxy thing you are referring to. I know the pretty Dutch ones you mean, I agree that one is quite boxy and flat bottomed but if I could get it for about £60 I might be interested. It would be a good boat to use as a work punt for working on the sides of my boat. I could sell the one Ive got at the moment then, which to be honest is to nice to use as a workboat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 17:52:14 GMT
Yes i did think it would make a good little work punt for a barge when I saw it. does want getting cheap though.
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Post by Jim on Jan 29, 2019 17:58:17 GMT
I may well have had a ride in that boat, did the trip when I was 15 or so. Speedwell cavern has been open for way longer than 50 years.
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 18:00:05 GMT
Yes i did think it would make a good little work punt for a barge when I saw it. does want getting cheap though. As I say I'd probably go £60.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 18:03:03 GMT
I wonder how much they would get for scrap. Someone would have to take it away so its almost worthless. Actually looks like a reasonably well constructed little boat so if you have transport and are relatively local its worth £60 yes. Eta the seller seems to have some pricing issues as they have a copper fire extinguisher asking £150. I know they are worth a little bit but £150... err I've spotted an old copper fire extinguisher in an unusual location. a derelict bit of land beside a school with a fence around it. Trying to work out how to get hold of it as would like to use it as a reservoir for an air horn. I wondered about a fishing rod and trying to hook it. Its on the ground on some scrub land. Maybe thebfg can advise on this
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 18:09:38 GMT
If we are still talking about the Speedwell Cavern boat - then I suggest the owner puts it up for sale on Caving / Spelunking sites as it will be a bit of history.....
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 18:51:08 GMT
If we are still talking about the Speedwell Cavern boat - then I suggest the owner puts it up for sale on Caving / Spelunking sites as it will be a bit of history..... Well suggest it to the owner then.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 19:04:28 GMT
Cant be assed .....
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Post by kris on Jan 29, 2019 19:24:05 GMT
Exactly
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Post by bargemast on Jan 29, 2019 19:38:22 GMT
This is quite interesting. A French "silure" barge. Peter bargemast might know about these. Not a thing of beauty but it looks to be a very roomy boat to live on with sensible sized doors and other features making it rather comfortable. Where did this design originate? I don't think I've ever seen one in the UK. m.apolloduck.com/boat/barges-canal-barge/589913Yes, I do know about these boats, it's a sure thing that they're not the prettiest boats afloat, but I wouldn't mind being the owner of one. They are well built, a friend of mine has one that was build for him brand new at Port Saint-Louis, close to Marseille. Two of these boat were built at Lyon at the barges filling station there to fill the time if there were no barges to be fuelled. The yard that used to produce these boats went bankrupt several times because of very bad management, therefore my friend was visiting very often during the construction, this as he'd heard rumours about the business risking to fold. If he was present they worked on his boat, but as soon as he'd gone they were already busy with other boats, he checked this out at different times, by coming back half an hour or so after he'd left to go back to Paris. They are shaped like a dekschuit, but slide through the water because the underwatershape isn't half as bad as you would think. Peter.
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