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Post by on Apr 24, 2024 10:59:50 GMT
Maybe it was a wooden topped steel cruiser originally.
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Post by Aloysius on Apr 24, 2024 11:33:00 GMT
When I idly look for cheap boats for sale the ones that always have the most aesthetic charm are wooden. Which is an obvious problem.
I find it surprising that no present-day manufacturer attempts to make a new boat from modern materials that mirrors the previous era to some extent. I don't get the modern style at all.
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Post by dogless on Apr 24, 2024 11:48:10 GMT
When I idly look for cheap boats for sale the ones that always have the most aesthetic charm are wooden. Which is an obvious problem. I find it surprising that no present-day manufacturer attempts to make a new boat from modern materials that mirrors the previous era to some extent. I don't get the modern style at all. Don't you find shaping of steel boats is also being lost too ... suppose it's quicker and therefore cheaper to build. Saw a very slab sided steel narrow boat (no tumble home at all) the other day. Leading corners of the roof both heavily 'grazed' 😁 Rog
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Post by on Apr 24, 2024 12:11:52 GMT
There were the East West Marine narrow Boats with no tumble ome.
I thought it a bit ridiculous until I went inside one. The space was interesting and seemed much more roomy.
A few inches make all the difference. As the actress said to the bishop.
Having said that I find them too ugly to look at.
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Post by Aloysius on Apr 24, 2024 12:35:51 GMT
When I idly look for cheap boats for sale the ones that always have the most aesthetic charm are wooden. Which is an obvious problem. I find it surprising that no present-day manufacturer attempts to make a new boat from modern materials that mirrors the previous era to some extent. I don't get the modern style at all. Don't you find shaping of steel boats is also being lost too ... suppose it's quicker and therefore cheaper to build. Saw a very slab sided steel narrow boat (no tumble home at all) the other day. Leading corners of the roof both heavily 'grazed' 😁 Rog Style, grace, character...these things are sacrificed for ease of construction, by which I mean cheapness. This is why all modern houses look the same. One of my fave YouTube channels is a bunch of Aussies rebuilding tanks. OK not everybody's cup of tea but...one of the current projects is rebuilding a machine which was destroyed by the crew to prevent anything useful being captured. This was done by placing a crapload of explosives inside the thing which made a big mess of practically everything. One of the things completely wrecked was the main gun mount, which was constructed of huge cast-iron components. There was no fixing that so, instead, a replica was made from welded steel parts which, to the casual view, looked identical to the original item. Truly a wonder of skill and ingenuity. Took flipping ages though. And the moral of the story is that you can make just about anything with steel if you're patient and determined. I think it takes a true artist to take what is a basic concept and make it look elegant and unique, which is why on the one hand Springers were so popular (and cheap), and Josher replicas are twice the price.
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Post by Aloysius on Apr 24, 2024 12:51:04 GMT
There were the East West Marine narrow Boats with no tumble ome. I thought it a bit ridiculous until I went inside one. The space was interesting and seemed much more roomy. A few inches make all the difference. As the actress said to the bishop. Having said that I find them too ugly to look at. Sometimes I admire narrowboats where the builder has abandoned any notion of tradition and gone with practicality instead. But they are seldom good-looking. When I was fitting my NB all those years ago, I found the tumblehome to present many difficulties and limitations; whether it seemed a good idea or not depended entirely on if you were inside or out.
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Post by Aloysius on Apr 24, 2024 13:00:41 GMT
And another thing...in part this is what Huxley and many of his contemporaries found so appalling; that grace and beauty was being sacrificed for mass production, and why he lampooned Henry Ford who, by repute, was not much fun at parties.
Of course on the other hand Ford made motor cars, hitherto a very expensive hand-made luxury item with lots of twiddly bits, available to 'the masses'. Awful people, the masses. Hitler had the same idea when he dreamt up 'The People's Car', which ironically was a thing of beauty. Maybe the answer is to let the Germans make everything.
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Post by cds on Apr 24, 2024 18:23:51 GMT
The point is that it makes no difference how thin my Boats arrr as the topic is about Boats for sale. If and when my Boats rust and sink then get advertised for sale (more likely scrap) then it could be a relevant topic on this thread. No you just sell them on at a great loss, after you’ve wrecked them. 😂😂😂😂
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Post by Jim on Apr 25, 2024 7:41:46 GMT
There were the East West Marine narrow Boats with no tumble ome. I thought it a bit ridiculous until I went inside one. The space was interesting and seemed much more roomy. A few inches make all the difference. As the actress said to the bishop. Having said that I find them too ugly to look at. Sometimes I admire narrowboats where the builder has abandoned any notion of tradition and gone with practicality instead. But they are seldom good-looking. When I was fitting my NB all those years ago, I found the tumblehome to present many difficulties and limitations; whether it seemed a good idea or not depended entirely on if you were inside or out. There are a few Ledgard Boats about, built at Ledgard Bridge nesr Mirfield on the C&H, they have no tumble home.
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Post by Aloysius on Apr 25, 2024 7:51:26 GMT
Sometimes I admire narrowboats where the builder has abandoned any notion of tradition and gone with practicality instead. But they are seldom good-looking. When I was fitting my NB all those years ago, I found the tumblehome to present many difficulties and limitations; whether it seemed a good idea or not depended entirely on if you were inside or out. There are a few Ledgard Boats about, built at Ledgard Bridge nesr Mirfield on the C&H, they have no tumble home. Righto.
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Post by on Apr 25, 2024 8:19:16 GMT
I went on one of their wide bean barge style Boats once. Ugly thing but it was very spacious.
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Post by kris on Apr 25, 2024 20:34:47 GMT
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Post by on Apr 25, 2024 20:44:31 GMT
'engines are blown' is an interesting comment. Normally commercial trawlers are single screw.
I wonder if it has been sunk.
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Post by kris on Apr 25, 2024 21:21:07 GMT
'engines are blown' is an interesting comment. Normally commercial trawlers are single screw. I wonder if it has been sunk. It says the rest of the boat is fine? Did you ever find out the name of the Lake look alike in London?
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Post by kris on Apr 27, 2024 9:10:45 GMT
It must be about time for a cement floor by now. Is there anyone who can advise? I have a man who can do concrete boots if you want some. We also have contacts in high rise construction. Not all of us where born with silver spoons in our mouths. So we have to make do and mend. I can’t afford to neglect the stuff I have, I’ve got to look after it because I can afford to sell it for a loss and by another. Everything they ve got I’ve had to work to earn the money to buy it. I haven’t been given a leg up in life by family money.
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