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StainlessDave

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About StainlessDave

  • Birthday 11/04/1954

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    http://www.slipwayservices.co.uk

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Cheshire
  • Interests
    Motor Bikes, boats, travel, malts and Shiraz.
  • Occupation
    Engineer
  • Boat Name
    Wellington
  • Boat Location
    Weaver shipyard Northwich

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  1. I have had the pleasure of working with Artie and Paul, at Kings Lock boatyard, now called "Middlewich Canal Center" It has been given a face lift in a big way. I have put in a new jetty, where the old ramshackle boardwalk was, the building has had a facelift too. The slipway has been dug up and new track laid. No expense has been spared. Besides running Boatfinder brokerage, carefree cruising and as new boat sales, they now have the facility to do full and part boat painting, as well as blacking, engineering, servicing and repairs, also joinery. and if you require welding, then they call me in. So if your passing call in and take a look around. contact details Middlewich Canal Centrewww.canalcentre.com/
  2. The one on the right is called a blaster, it doesn't do well with paint. the scabbler on the left is one you need. it's hard work. I use the one on the right all the time, but for taking the hull back to metal. Have fun, because it isn't
  3. Slipway services, was started at Uplands Basin Marina. By myself. I have since left the marina, and I now work out of Kings Lock boat yard, middlewich. Our quality and reliability is second to none. Uplands Basin Marina, has retained my business name, but the chap who now runs the slipway, has no qualifications in the boat repair business. And has no right to be working on boats. So please, if you hear bad things about "Slipway Service" remember, we are not related to the Uplands one any more! www.slipwaysrvices.co.uk (kings lock)
  4. Hi. The Marina that is being built in the flashes is called "Oakwood Marina" and the one on the opposite side which is going to be flooded next month (August) is called "Park Farm Marina)
  5. Hi. I designed a locking fuel device, which now now available at any Midland Chandlers shop They have sold a lot, and i sold a lot before i gave them sole rights.
  6. I Must say, that i have never read such a load of nonsense. It is a good job "Sea Otter" took no notice of the negativity produced when they designed and built their superb Alloy narrowboats. Just because Narrowboats have changed very little since they were horse drawn (apart from the internal luxuries) there is no reason they shouldn't be changed if not only for better handling. The stainless steel boat will be far more durable, with a lifespan far longer than my own. As long as it is fitted out properly and metals are not mixed, there will never be a problem, and never a corroded water line. And if Stainless hadn't gone through the roof during the time "We" built this one, then we would still be producing them, but after this one, it wasn't financially viable. This is a boat for life.......
  7. In 2002 I built a 57ft Narrowboat in 316 stainless steel, there was a small article in Waterways World. We built it because stainless was at an all time low and the cost was only around £1500 more than mild steel, However by the time we had finished it the price shot back up again. Being a stainless steel fabricator/welder i don't find working with stainless and harder or easier than with mild steel, and welding it is no problem. There are some very good products for coating hulls now, and we use 2 pack epoxy resins which had a manufacturers 10 year guarantee. So with these Epoxy resins, steel hulls can be protected basically for ever. Base plates tend not to corrode at the same rate as sides, and especially the water line where air and water are constantly attacking the steel, and diesel washes off any blacking there is on the water line. Base plates see very little air or indeed oxygen ;-). My 65ft narrowboat is 21 years old, and on a recent survey the base plate was found to be 9.5m so in the worst places it had lost .5 of a m over 21 years, and the sides the same. But now having 2 packed the hull it will never any get worse than it is now. please see my web site www.slipwayservices.co.uk
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