Ashton Canal, Boating, Canals, Friends, New Islington Marina, Railway, Rochdale Canal, Tamarisk, Trains, Transport June 13, 2015 Skippy No comments

Boat painting and new name

While reversing out of our mooring at New Islington Marina we suffered a slight technicals issue… the engine stopped making happy happy noises and started sounding sad. So to continue our way up the Ashton Canal to Packet Boat Company we had some help…

not yet left the marina
not yet left the marina
Bob in January pose
coming up the canal
one of the big gaps we have to get the boat accross
keep on walking
AJ turning
KatBat pulling
Reservoir dogs had it been done with a boat?
The three stooges?
How many people does it take to pull a 22 ton boat?
Dead bob is dead, but RCR guy came to see if the engine fix would have been quick
This canal path is the main cycleroute between the Station and Velopark… HAHA
Pub Stop – one pint each!
Happy bob on a roof
Less happy bob on the roof
Skippy in a lock (not the best place to be!).
Bob and Tas at the top supervising
Bob in August pose
Bob in December pose

A big thank you to all who helped bow hall nbSteven 20 locks (two down the Rochdale Canal to Piccadilly basin and then 18 up the Ashton flight).

On the Monday morning we got a different kind of lift from the top of the flight to the boat yard:

Different kind of lift, Ashton Packet Boat Company's tug Clio.
Different kind of lift, Ashton Packet Boat Company’s tug Clio.

Here are some photos of a newly painted boat

Photo of the roof while still in paint dock
Details of the rear
Details of the colour
Details of the front
New window surrounds outside – Made by Macclesfield Laser Ltd.
New window surrounds from inside (wooden ring is exsisting).
nbKawartha in her new colour from across the canal.
nbKawartha in her new colour from across the canal.
nbKawartha in her new colour

nbSteven was renamed while she was up in the air on the transverser to nbKawartha.

“Kawartha” is an anglicization of the word “Ka-wa-tha”

Here are some photos taken of Ashton Packet Boat Company Ltd’s yard. There are lots of cool random things in this boat yard:

Ruston Bucyrus 22-R8 crane
Ruston Bucyrus 10-RB crane
Jones Super 15 Crane
colour light signal
Slipway
Ruston Bucyrus 10-RB crane
Slipway
Ruston Bucyrus 22-R8 crane
Sign on boaters hut
Jones Super 15 Crane
Slipway
Jones Super 15 Crane
Slipway pulley arrangement
Ruston Bucyrus 22-R8 crane
Plat form 4 is the wet dock
Ruston Bucyrus 10-RB crane
Jones Super 15 Crane
Jones Super 15 Crane
Jones Super 15 Crane
Grebo enjoying the morning sun
Ground frame for the 2′ railway
Slipway
Ashton Packet Boat Co Ltd delivering our Gas bottle by train
Jones Super 15 Crane
Ruston Bucyrus 22-R8 crane
Ruston Bucyrus 10-RB crane
Sign on boaters hut
Sandwell and Dudley station sign
Wishing well groundframe
Slipway
Plat form 4 is the wet dock
Jones Super 15 Crane
Ruston Bucyrus 10-RB crane
The slipway with no boat on it
Slipway

There is a photo of nbAlton on the slip way over on the Peak Forest Canal Carrying Company.

The new window surrounds were made by Macclesfield Laser, the nbSteven Window surround Open Scad file, however they only accept DXF (export).

And now for Photos of us going back down the flight:


Not all pics in the up and down set are mine, © 2015 them 😛

Oh and here are some time-laps videos:

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