Thanks for letting me join the forum within the next few days will be collecting a Norman 23 which is going to be restored over the summer for use.hoping to get some useful advice from the forum here
Thanks for updating your profile Neil and welcome. The 23 was my first boat and I had years of fun with her. There are answers to be had to most questions from some very experienced boat owners here, hope you enjoy your Norman.
I bought my 23 last October and have been finishing off the refit over the winter. I got some great help and advice from forum members. Good luck with your restoration, Chevron.
Hi a bit more information regarding the boat I have bought. She was put in the shipment warehouse in Whaley Bridge and the doors were shut and it had not seen the outside world for seventeen years as no boat has been in or out since The boat is in a time warp no one has done anything with it except for a family of otters who moved on. There are pictures and a video on the Whaley bridge Canal page on Facebook of the boat being dragged out of the warehouse after seventeen years.
Has it been in the water all that time? It would be interesting to see the underside if so to see how it's stood up all this time. I would imagine a family of otters can make quite a mess, I've heard of mink destroying a boat over a winter.
Waiting to take boat out of water but from what we can see it looks good.the otters had made no mess other than pike heads everywhere. They have been recorded whilst on board but I only have a picture of them. Today thresh fuel in the tank and with a little sorting of the wiring she was purring away. The boat has been kept totally dry.
It has been a long exciting last couple of days and I was made up to get it running so if that’s the only mistake of the day I am happy sun is shining so a long hard day again.
Main thing is spring is here and summer is close behind so get out and enjoy the boat, everything can be done as you go along or planned for winter once you have better ideas of how you are going to use it.
Norman 23
Posted - 21 Mar 2019 : 08:16:09
