Have been organising the last few items for the new boat this week, namely fitting the engine, prop shaft and creating dimensions for the stainless steel water tank. We are again fitting a Shires 2.2 engine into this boat as we have had no reliability issues with the one currently in Tin Can and they are powerful enough to do river cruising should any of our customers wish to travel that far.
Can't get my hat on with the price of stainless steel though. Just this alone - excluding the cost to fabricate the tank - is over half a grand! Time for a bit of haggling I reckon.
Finally found a transporter to bring her down to the Midlands as this time we have decided not to cruise down and build on the water as we did with Tin Can but to build her on dry land. Just finalising the crane at this end to lift her off the transporter. If its ok with the transport people I will publish their contact info on here at a later date as these kinds of services can be difficult and expensive to come by.
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