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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 15:51:24 GMT
I passed it just below staines railway bridge at 7.30 this morning Well I did not specially notice it was there but it usually is. At Tims boatyard. Looks a bit smaller there than it did above lock 59 Next time I'm passing I'll get a photo. Slightly bigger waterway Its been there for 7 years this summer, wonder if it ever moves? It was bought by a couple and it was their first boat, really in at the deep end. Still time for us to move on again, we are leaving our mooring next month for pastures new after 25 years to the day since I moved here. 4th of April will be 25 years since I moved onto my first boat Might be due for some changes myself ! Good luck with the move away from the lovely Grand Union. Its a ditch but a damn fine ditch.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 16:17:03 GMT
Times have changed peter. Ice is now formed with stranded polymer reinforcement made from strategically placed bits of shredded waste plastic bags. its a lot harder to break. Plus I bet your a amsterdammer tug did not have plumb vertical sides like the "thing" in the picture. Not far off, by what the photo will show you, to my untrained eyes, the sides look pretty plumb and vertical. Yes, but I bet is hasn't got a round bottom, or yes, but it has only 1 door at the back of the wheelhouse. I know they're not the same boats, which I didn't say to start with. Peter. I'll let you into a secret Peter I was hoping for a photo of your amsterdammer. And I got one. This is Good ! Are the bollards okay on it? And the forward visibility. Looks a bit dodgy to my untrained eye.
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2019 16:43:41 GMT
Sagar marine is now a cafe, with tables of n the old archways to sit and drink coffee and survey Brighouse Basin.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 17:18:49 GMT
There is quite a pleasant "replica inspection launch" called SAGACITY on the Thames which was built by Sagar marine. Good bit of work really. 57x12ft approx. Its at Cookham on the Thames. I have been past it recently but not taken a photo. This image stolen from the internet gives away a little bit of the detail and shows what a good boat builder Sagar were
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2019 17:50:58 GMT
I don't like those rounded top windows.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 18:03:11 GMT
I don't like those rounded top windows. I think the best feature is the way they have written the name of the boat. Real class.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 19:03:30 GMT
SAGACITY is the one that has/used to have a bloody great aircon unit on the roof. Spoiled the look of the boat.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 5:21:54 GMT
SAGACITY is the one that has/used to have a bloody great aircon unit on the roof. Spoiled the look of the boat. Yes. Its been relocated to the stern deck now looks a lot better like that. Being a domestic type split unit it was very displeasing when it was on the cabin top.
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Post by kris on Feb 27, 2019 8:19:43 GMT
Anybody fancy a nice little barge project?https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173813275628 not very good photos, but I'm sure our very own boat whisperer Andrew will be able to devine if it's a good boat or not.
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Post by JohnV on Feb 27, 2019 8:39:38 GMT
this appeared while looking at the beet barge in Kris's post anyone need a next winter wood pile ? definitely one to break someones heart
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Post by bargemast on Feb 27, 2019 18:06:26 GMT
Anybody fancy a nice little barge project?https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F173813275628 not very good photos, but I'm sure our very own boat whisperer Andrew will be able to devine if it's a good boat or not. Too bad they so limited with the info and additional photo's. I would have liked to see bow-stern and engine-room for starters, and if possible photo's of all the rest. It's not very expensive to start with, the sides have been overplated, but how about the rest of the hull. As I'm not buying, I won't ask the seller for more info and photo's, but it could be an interesting project for someone. Peter.
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Post by faffer on Feb 28, 2019 19:33:03 GMT
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Post by bargemast on Feb 28, 2019 19:48:32 GMT
£ 250 looks like a bargain, and for someone like you that can do it up yourself, there should have been a good profit to be made. You can always tell yourself to stop looking, but you know that that would be impossible, it's much too tempting. Have fun anyway, Peter.
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Post by patty on Feb 28, 2019 23:49:06 GMT
And prob best to wait until your garden free before you find another......
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Post by JohnV on Feb 28, 2019 23:51:00 GMT
And prob best to wait until your garden free before you find another......
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