ALL SYSTEMS GO!!!!!!!

Blimey what a day! I popped down to Colecraft to check on progress for an early January delivery (about three weeks behind our original schedule of mid December) and en route received a message from Dom Cole asking to call him asap. As I was only 15 minutes away I just popped into the office on arrival at the yard only for Dom to inform me that the boat was about complete and would be ready to go this Saturday! The team must had been working flat out, as in the last week the engine’s been fitted, radiators installed, wastes welded in place, doors fitted, 240v electrics installed and the woodwork completed!

I’d made tentative enquires regarding the cranage and haulage for January but couldn’t book anything without a firm date, so I was suddenly trying to arrange cranage the Saturday before Christmas with just three days notice! But thankfully AB Tuckey & Steve Foster managed to coax some drivers into work, as both companies break up for the Christmas holidays on Friday – I’ve added their links to show my appreciation! I suppose they’ll both still need paying?!

So the arrangements are that Tuckey’s will supply a crane and low loader at the Colecraft end. The boat will lifted onto the low loader first thing Saturday morning (or possible late Friday) . The lorry should arrive sometime Saturday morning at Shardlow to be craned off by Steve Foster – as it’s not cost effective for Tuckeys crane to travel this far.

From Shardlow we’ll cruise her down to Trent lock (at the bottom of the Erewash canal) where the boat will be based at Kingfisher Narrowboats until mid February. Kingfisher will be completing the joinery work for the beds, seating, wardrobes and doors etc and I’ll be installing the kitchen and bathrooms as well as installing the secondary plumbing and electrics. Kingfisher, owned my brother’s John & Mick Day, have completed the additional joinery work on all of our hire boats and their work is of a particularly high standard.

Once the major fitout is complete the boat will be moved up to Stenson for painting and then on up to Kings Bromley Marina in mid March ready for the hirer season.

I’ll hopefully post some photos of the boat being craned into the cut over the weekend, fingers crossed!

Justin.

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