26-03-2020, 08:20 PM
(25-03-2020, 05:32 PM)Steve kay Wrote: David Jones was somewhere between Arthur's boss and his patron. Bruce, which boat was yours?
Steve, Mine was not a Taylors boat. It was a 24ft mahogany on oak narrow beam canal and river cruiser built by Davison Brothers at Sawley Lock on the Trent in 1964. Originally with a 2 stroke petrol inboard based on a marinised twin cylinder Excelsior motor bike engine I fitted a 6hp single cylinder diesel. We cruised the canals and rivers, the Broads and latterly the west coast of Scotland, Caledonian Canal and Clyde estuary. Owned by me from 1980 till 2012.
Remember the Bird in hand well. Spent several memorable evenings in there.