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SimonTheSailor said:
Well most companies seemed to be in Derby or Liverpool or.........
Found Titan covers which are fortunately very close and have a good reputation.
Earliest slot is mid October so just in time for winter.......
Titan have made covers/canopies for a few of my friends - good results and happy customers!Found Titan covers which are fortunately very close and have a good reputation.
Earliest slot is mid October so just in time for winter.......
We are getting close to needing a new canopy for our cruiser - top tip for you, go for PVC, Sunbrella and acrylic can be prone to shrinking, We had a new PU backed acrylic canopy in 2013, it is way smaller than it used to be and needs replacing by next year. I've had to let in old PVC canopy panels to make up the shortfall it has shrunk so much.
I'll post some pictures of it how it currently is after the weekend, first weekend aboard for a few weeks! It doesn't look like the above images now sadly
Also have a good think what you want, make sure you have roll up straps in the right places along with thinking about were any shock cord hooks/turnbuckles are placed, nightmare if they could catch shoes/laces etc.
Simpo Two said:
^^^ Prickwillow!
What was so wrong about the bank there that they had to turn it into a H&S temple?
Bank erosion/subsidence - the mooring was being undermined and was becoming quite unsafe; it's a fairly recent closed mooring (about 4 years if I recall correctly!) Titchmarsh Lock landing stage on the Nene has been out of action for the last 6 years, concrete cancer and a lack of funds is the excuse trotted out to not repair it.What was so wrong about the bank there that they had to turn it into a H&S temple?
The above photos were taken in 2013, seems like 5 minutes ago!
Edited by The ArtfulBodger on Friday 9th July 20:49
Edited by The ArtfulBodger on Friday 9th July 20:50
The ArtfulBodger said:
Bank erosion - the pilling was being undermined and was becoming quite unsafe; it's a fairly recent closed mooring (about 4 years if I recall correctly!) Titchmarsh Lock landing stage on the Nene has been out of action for the last 6 years, concrete cancer and a lack of funds is the excuse trotted out to not repair it.
Love the way the EA charge us the same as it costs to tax a Bentley 6.0 W12 (or double if you have a narrowboat), then say they have no money to do anything. How much do the voles pay, eh?Simpo Two said:
Love the way the EA charge us the same as it costs to tax a Bentley 6.0 W12 (or double if you have a narrowboat), then say they have no money to do anything. How much do the voles pay, eh?
Be a bit more philosophical - it's actually quite a cheap way of escaping from it all, our fixed bills are circa £1000 a year, absolute bargain for what we get out of it.Yes it's frustrating when facilities are closed or navigation is restricted but in the whole you should be able to overcome the odd inconvenience quite easily.
Have a look at what the static caravan owners pay to look at the same patch of ground year on year, at least we can have a different view each day!
While we probably aren't getting as good value out of the EA as we should be, it's nothing compared to the sh!t show that is C&RT efforts at being a navigation authority.....
I've no experience of the CRT, but the EA need fewer people in offices writing eco-PR, and more on the river actually doing something useful. The owners of my marina are apparently not allowed to remove to remove the silt that has washed in (from the EA's river), and can't replace the crumbling edging because of the voles... (not that I have anything against voles, they are delightful, cuddly little creatures with cute little noses, but they have all the rest of the river to play in).
Yes life is a balance, but boaters pay a lot and come bottom of the list. Still, we're pretty much a captive audience so they'll keep jacking up the costs 7% a year, just because they can.
Yes life is a balance, but boaters pay a lot and come bottom of the list. Still, we're pretty much a captive audience so they'll keep jacking up the costs 7% a year, just because they can.
Just back from a fantastic week on the Oxford and Coventry Canals. We started out from Rugby Wharf with ABC and got as far as the Fradley Junction before making our way back to Rugby. Chatted to some really interesting people along the way and the whole week was really relaxing despite the odd heavy rain shower. We’re now looking at buying in to a narrowboat share now so we can do it a bit more.
MikeT66 said:
That's a fabulous boat, Daniel. It's not usually up at Yarwood's Basin, is it? I know there's a few lovely old boats up there and one of the guys I work with has close links to many of the owners. Do you know any of the history of yours?
Know the guy who runs Yarwoods reasonably well as a personal friend as much as anything else, and also the guys that run Northwich DryDock Co on the island opposite, as personal friend but also the sister of my best mate at uni. They have offered us to keep the boat there, but for various reasons it suits us better to keep in on the canal so we are up the top in one of the cheaper marinas in the area 6 months of the year, and then weekending it around the system the other six.I know the whole history well, because she was built by my grandfather as a retirement exercise and basically grew up alongside her. So she a 'new build' with hull engine, boiler and fitout all coming together around 1991 and launched spring 1992 when I was four. A folly, based on a mildly dutch/luxmotor style hull and 'modern' two cylinder coal fired steam plant.
We have a slightly dated and basic website here: http://www.emilyanne.co.uk/
john2443 said:
From the same site, this shows a Josher bow better - it's the double curve (and maybe the rubbing strakes??) that make it a Josher, named from Joshua
Fellows of Fellows, Morton, Clayton canal carriers. I think this one might be a bit short, but I can't find a clear picture of a real one.
Its not a bad copy as far as I can tell, often the mistake is actually to over do it and create almost a caristarute of the real thing. You don't need a huge long bow to be hydrodynamic. Fellows of Fellows, Morton, Clayton canal carriers. I think this one might be a bit short, but I can't find a clear picture of a real one.
There was also variation within the FMC bows, presumably because its actually not a trivial matter to record a a 3D profile on paper, nor to recreate it accurately in steel, so the Saltley boats were known to have less fine bows than the Braitwait and Kirk built boats, the latter being "Particularly well regarded by boaters, they will bow haul into a lock at almost any angle without stopping." which is the sort of practicalities which actually notice on the ground! You get the same batch/yard/foreman variation in the WW1/2 naval ships as well.
Butty Vienna.
https://castlequayboats.com/site/uploads/8336746_o...
Interesting site on the topic.
http://www.spurstow.com/rogerfuller/historic/fmc.h...
Daniel
Bonefish Blues said:
Sill trouble?
Unlikely, as they are going uphill!My guess is in trying to keep back from the top gates, they snagged the back end on the bottom gates somehow, or maybe if on the diagonal, a bit of the brick/stonework when wedged between that and the gate.
Very sad for the them boat and owner. As someone said on one of the FB posts, it would be devastating to have that happen to your boat. Everything can be fixed with time money and insurance, but what a setback! So sudden.
Daniel
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