Birmingham

Ex GUCCC working boat ‘Birmingham’ came to the yard for a new engine room and extensive other work.

Gosport

Gosport is an ex FMC butty which came to the yard for a conversion cabin, some hull work, a full repaint and new fore cabin panelling and handrails.

Yeoford

Comprehensive restoration of Big Northwich Grand Union Motor ‘Yeoford’. This has involved extensive new platework all the way down the boat. New frames, bulkheads and decks. This project is ongoing and more pictures and detail will follow.

Sandpiper

Sandpiper is an ex Fellows Morton and Clayton Motor Boat. Originally called "‘Falcon’ it was renamed ‘Sandpiper’ during it’s time working for Willow Wren. It came to us needing a new bottom, some new panelling on the back cabin and a re-paint. With limited reference material available for the colour scheme, careful research was research was required to recreate a historically accurate finished job.

Raven/Hydrus

Raven is a Star Class Grand Union ex working narrowboat. The vessel came to the yard needing major work to the hull and requiring a conversion from a “Butty” to a Motor Boat. This involved making a whole new stern end, complete new bottom and new hull sides up to the mast. All work was carried out sensitively, with careful attention paid to using traditional skills and methods to create a historically accurate restoration. The boat is hot riveted throughout including a brand new riveted engine room. All angle frame forming was carried out onsite using traditional methods. All woodwork carried out by the owner Paul Graves.

Narrowboat Swan

Swan was built at Yarwoods of Northwich in 1933 for the carrying company Cowburn and Cowpar. The boat has had extensive restoration work on the hull at Dadfords Wharf. This time it needed the panelling and the handrails replacing on the back cabin and engine room. Along with a full repaint and new ash strips on the cants.

New Gunwales on Buckden

Buckden is a Town Class narrowboat built by Harland and Wolff in 1937 for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. The boat came in for new oak gunwales.