I heard a tale last year that "Made of Oak" was back at Jems yard to have a rebuild because the owners had found it to deep draughted. It was at the Dry dock at Bulbourne about August time with a notice on it saying it was about to go into the dry dock for repairs. Colin nb Patty Ann at Dowley Gap on the L and L
--- On Thu, 13/8/09, Ben Jameson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ben Jameson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Maid of Oak To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 12:18 PM On 13 Aug 2009, at 12:09, Roger Millin wrote: > --- In canals-list@ yahoogroups. com, Bruce Napier <br...@...> wrote: >> Bruce wrote: >> Maid of Oak's been built in the last five years, surely? (BCF boat, >> moors at the Taft). > > I seem to remember it was having its first appearance at a rally at > the 2006 National at Beale Park. We certainly had a look over it > there but can't be sure just how long before that show the owners > had had it built. It can't have been much before that, I remember seeing it in progress at Jem Bates' yard. Ben. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
