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2escapees UK Barge Builders – We are looking to buy our first barge and have visited many builders. Has any member bought a UK built barge and what are you comments or...
RichardandSue We're just at the start of the boat buying process and, after a lot of research, we're hoping to order with Piper Boats -...
Strange, Brian B We purchased a new-build 65' Dutch barge replica from Aqualine Marine. While the company is British, its factory is in Gdansk, Poland, and its...
wedolaura ive hurd wedotrades will do everything for you. [url= http://www.wedotrades.co.uk/find/builder/west_yorkshire/leeds]builders Leeds[/url] [url=...
seago There are bad or good steel boats and bad or good GRP. Then there are ferro-concrete which is another thing altogether.. Often design is the...
Chris Green On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 05:56:37PM +0000, seago@... wrote: > Can anyone say whether osmosis is found in GRP boats kept in FW? Yes it is. ...
Balliol Fowden-2 I'm a bit wary of responding to this post, firstly in case anybody also spots me getting out of bed (not a pretty sight!), secondly because I would...
Chris Green On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 09:30:35PM +0100, Balliol Fowden wrote: > However, colleagues who do a similar day job to me but with GRP boats mostly...
chrismpw Bill Osmosis is a scourge of grp boats kept on fresh water. Folks my neck of fhe woods, very upper thames, crane their boats out over winter to...
Balliol Fowden-2 Chris, I'm sorry that my tongue in cheek comments, posted as personal opinions as part of what was a slightly jocular thread involving another...
Chris Grant Balliol > I'm sorry that my tongue in cheek comments, posted as > personal opinions as part of what was a slightly jocular > thread...
John Booker Hello Mike, I have had a Piper built boat for the past 9 months, ordered it this time last year, so it only took 3 months to build. Before buying...
Colin Stone Mike, Of the UK builders and their products I have seen when we were on the hunt, I reckon Piper captures the essence of a Dutch luxemotor the best...
seago I have seen Brit-built barges that are as good as any built on the continent. Likewise, there are rubbish buildders both sides of the North Sea. Be...
dpeck Sealine cruisers which can cost millions of pounds are built in Kidderminster which is about as far from the sea as you can get!!!!! Like the things...
Balliol Fowden-2 Fairline's are built near Northampton, and even the Royal Navy had four vessels built in the Midlands, by John Pinder at Burton on Trent in the...
seago Balliol, these examples are not, well, a good rec. That was a period when the Admiralty changed from quality to price. Bill C Sent from my...
Balliol Fowden-2 Got you there Bill!! Actually the Admiralty went inland and bought some "toys" (as you call them). The four vessels I refer to were in...
seago Ok touche But Fairline did, I think (it's a long time ago and I may be confusing with Fairey) get contracts for some motor boats. But those...
Balliol Fowden-2 I suspect you are thinking of Fairey. To the best of my knowledge Fairline started by building an 'orrible little 16 or 17 footer, and progressed to...
Chris Grant Balliol > To the best of my > knowledge Fairline started by building an 'orrible little 16 > or 17 footer, and progressed to equally...
seago Yes, I now recall a Fairline. I think it was responsible for my view that boats should be built by the seaside. Her owner had bought her from a...
Colin Stone And here is a pic of all 4: http://www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk/images/RN%20Fleet.JPG A Type 42, a Type 82, a SSBN and a Leander Colin Stone ...
Balliol Fowden-2 That's great Colin. Location Little Venice. Have you found the rest of the article? The caption is quite apt now. I don't suppose you will admit...
Colin Stone Balliol, Unfortunately no. The pic with caption only was in the Oxford Times many years ago. As for LB, I cannot remember! Colin Stone Sent via...
dpeck I chose a builder whose yard had a quay on the River Severn but not all builders are so fortunate. In that case the contract should ensure that...
seago I do not find much to disagree with in Balliol's post. There is a book produced on this (not mine) which is worth looking at. I think it was the...
Graham Johnston *But wot the hell? Find a boat you can fall in love with. That's the secret. * Did that - happy - notwithstanding some delightful Heath...
Brian J Goggin On 05 June 2011 at 11:13:25 Mike wrote: Mike> We are looking to buy our first barge and have visited many Mike> builders. Has any member...
Andy Read I would thoroughly recommend the 'try before you buy' advice, which is precisely why my wife and I bought a one-tenth share in a 15-metre barge...
Balliol Fowden-2 I think Brian offers some very good advice, but of course you have to have the time to run the course. Fortunately there is no shortage of advice...
Colin Stone Mike, I know you are thinking UK, but yesterday I saw a really gorgeous SRF Harlingen 19.95m new build aft cabin luxemotor. CAD designed in NL and...
Kiwi_peter Mike I have a 10 year old Sagar 17m and have met quite a few Sagar owners on the French canals - not a bad word ref quality and design but it costs...
dpeck Mike I can only tell you my experience, what I looked for and warn of the dangers. I purchased a Euroships kit, imported it and had my barge...
cathy lee We have got a British built boat - the whole 4 year build time was pretty much a nightmare and a very stressful experience. I dont think we would...
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