magnetman

Are they Selby motorbarges?

Good question. Somewhere there might be a traditional name for it which one could use occasionally to look all erudite/anorakish/traditional. Like 'the steering bar end'.

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Place the tube beside the spigot and mark where the hole goes. Also why has the OP changed the tiller bar for a new one? I don't see these as items which wear out so I suspect something unusual about this particular arrangement. Possibly there was a bar which was too short and it was replaced. It seems to me that putting it beside the new one could help with working out hole position.

Being able to create fire by burning wood is a very basic human skill. It goes back an awful long way. One could describe it as a foundation of human civilisation. Start messing about with the foundations and you could get serious unintended consequences. It makes sense to not have ridiculous smoke in urban areas but over time these policies will spread and eventually people won't be allowed to have fires. If that happens then things will go pear shaped.

The motorised former horse Boat I owned briefly had anti ventilation plates. The Raven butty had a very similar arrangement but I don't think it had the flanged edges so if you fell in at the wrong time it would cut you in half. This was the Boat I had: https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/sites/default/files/data/nrhv/vessels/2087_ORIANNE_5.jpg

I meant anti ventilation plates.

I'm pretty sure it was motorised as it had anti ventilation plates welded on the sides at the waterline.

I have corrected my post. I think Hydrus is in two parts with the front half made into a motor with a new riveted stern and a wooden back cabin for authenticity. It was mentioned on this thread a while ago as being for sale.

It was called Raven and it (correction) was cut possibly by Roger Farrington at Braun St On or maybe someone else. Not sure if it is this one though.

Was it the butty which used to be on the offside moorings above Cassio Bridge lock?

it isn't Tyburn. Tyburn was at Uxbridge by the bin store near the Shovel pub at the same time as Rennie was in Braun St On. Similar but not the same Boat. Someone told me Tyburn is now on land at a museum somewhere. I remember it being towed away from Uxbridge. That was a while ago. Nice article. But yes it is an example of a Boat which should be on water not land.

Oh yes I missed that picture on my phone for some reason. So there will be plenty of air movement. It is definitely riveted. I think the front bit of the cabin is the original engine room. Whereas the back part of the cabin has been added later for accommodation porpoises.

At least the square box over the helm area stops it filling with rain water. One wonders what the ventilation is like. It could be in a very poor state internally if it is not properly aired.

Damage was not very impressive Bit of subsidence maybe ? I suppose there could be an expanding foam product for this.