Are any members attending the Northern boat jumble in Cheshire on Sun Sept 9th next week? As they are not thick on the ground in the North and choice is limited, I am pondering/planning a trip at the moment, Also has anybody attended this event before and is it worth a look? I have done hundreds of ...

I spent many happy hours in that area with my kids and caravan. I had friends at Copmanthorpe on the other river bank with farm and caravan site and always wanted to boat in that stretch, but never had the where with all, despite the offer of a free mooring from my friend who was not interested in u...

Thanks for the advice guys. I will be buying a few packs of JB-Weld! Checking out the prices as they are very varied. So will have to be careful with this one. Still looking for a suitable outboard and also have a couple of people I know looking around. In no rush with this and I presume that the en...

Thanks for the advice guys. You are correct in that it needs a short shaft engine and I will be looking at your solutions for the steel screws. A friend of mine has told me that he used the modelling substance trade name 'MIlliput' on a boat to repair a fibre glass hull and it was very successful, i...

Thanks for responses guys. I have now managed to get a couple of piccies. The boat is stored at my daughters for the moment, so had to wait to get down there to do the measuremnts hence my delay in posting response. It is 12ft 6inch in length and the beam is 4 ft. I don't know the weight, but I can ...

Hi everybody, I am a new member, just joined tonight! We met the club at the Beal Park event and had a great chat with Phil Beaumont (who had the boat for sale) and two other members at the club marquee - sorry can't recall your names but you had fab boats there - one had the all ally hull and the o...