--- In [email protected], "Michael Askin" <mykas...@...> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I've been busy over the Christmas period buying another boat. I am now > the very proud owner of a Royalty Class motor called Victoria. She was > built in 1931, and in powered by a 1953 Lister JP2 which sounds > fantastic. My Dad and I brought her down from Buckby to London so I > could do some work on her over the next couple of months and here is a > log of our journey:
[Snipped log of journey including getting stopped by ice and minor grounding problems.] > > Cheers, > > Mike > > -- > Michael Askin > http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/ > Hi Mike, Good luck with the new boat! I can empathise with the ice problems. We were trying to move Beatty back to her home mooring over the New Year period and experienced the same sort of 1.5" thick ice or so. It stopped us dead and, as we had only been making about 1.5 mph or so prior to our stopping, we kind of gave up. It was a weird experience having the engine at normal cruising revs but not moving. It sounds like the boat is unconverted so do you have any plans to carry with her? I suppose another important question is whether she is likely to make an appearance at Braunston Historic Boat Rally though I appreciate it may be too early in the year to answer. The only royalty class boats I know well are George and Mary though I have seen Prince around. I do love just how huge the bows and the rest of the boat is especially when empty. It is very impressive. Anyway, good luck again. Ben
