Photograph
of Egremont.
Photo:
© John Cooper.
Postcard
of Egremont.
Photo:
© A.Bonthrone.
Narrow boat Egremont in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 8th September 2006
Chichester Ship Canal Trust postcard of
Egremont in later dark green
Chichester Ship Canal Trust postcard of
Egremont in later dark green
Narrow boat Egremont ashore at Chichester basin,
now repainted dark green
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 16th March 2007
Narrow boat Egremont at Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 29th June 2011
Narrow boat Egremont leaving Chichester basin
on a public sailing
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 29th June 2011
Narrow boat Egremont leaving Chichester basin
on a public sailing, passing Frisky
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 29th June 2011
Narrow boat Egremont leaving Chichester
basin on a public sailing
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 24th June 2015
Narrow boat Egremont leaving Chichester
basin on a public sailing
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 24th June 2015
Narrow boat Egremont after being replaced
by Kingfisher
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 20th February 2016
Richmond
Richmond is a 50-passenger wide beam boat
used on the Chichester Canal. She was commissioned by the Chichester
Chichester Canal Trading Company in 2004, beginning cruises in 2005.
Photograph
of Richmond.
Photograph
of Richmond.
Richmond at Chichester basinPhoto:
© Ian Boyle, 1st April 2006
Egremont and Richmond in Chichester basin
Photo:
� Ian Boyle, 8th September 2006
Richmond ashore at Chichester basin
Photo:
� Ian Boyle, 18th March 2007
Chichester Ship Canal Trust postcard of
Richmond in later dark green
Chichester Ship Canal Trust postcard of
Richmond in later dark green
Chichester Ship Canal Trust postcard of
Richmond in later dark green
Passenger boat Richmond in Chichester basin
Photo:
� Ian Boyle, 29th June 2011
Passenger boat Richmond in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 24th 2015
Kingfisher is a new passenger boat built
in 2016 to replace the Egremont.
On Monday 11 January
2016 the new Kingfisher was delivered, a new bespoke designed
trip boat. Kingfisher was be delivered on the back of a large
lorry from near Coventry where it was built by Colecraft, the specialist
canal boat builders.
The new boat will replace Egremont,
which has provided most of the popular Canal trips for many years. It is
now over 40 years old and deserves an honourable retirement, although it
may continue as a support boat for the Canal's volunteer maintenance
work party.
At 40 feet long and 10.6 feet wide, Kingfisher is 5
feet longer and 3 feet wider than Egremont. With 2 crew, it will be able
to carry 22 passengers, 10 more than its predecessor. It will also have
access and facilities for disabled customers. It has cost �110,000, paid
from generous grants and donations totalling �58,000 with the balance
being paid from the profits of the Canal's Trading Company.
Passenger boat Kingfisher in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 20th February 2016
Passenger boat Kingfisher on one of four
daily 75min cruises from Chichester Basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 4th May 2016
Jupiter is a 23ft Bantam tug (no.23)
built in 1952 and fitted with a Lister JP3 engine with electric start.
She is used to propel barges to and from work sites on the canal.
Although the engine was partially overhauled a few years ago, it remains
difficult to start, particularly in cold weather, despite having a
second battery to aid starting. The gearbox is also temperamental, but
an overhaul of both engine and gearbox is planned for 2011. In 2015
Jupiter appears to have been renamed Lady Linden
Photograph of the
Chichester Canal basin with Bantam tug Jupiter
Photo:
© Ian Boyle, 1st April 2006
Bantam tug Jupiter at Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 18th March 2007
Bantam tug Jupiter in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 29th June 2011
Bantam tug Lady Lynden(?) ex-Jupiter at Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 18th March 2007
Frisky is a 20ft Bantam tug (no.6) built
in 1950, and she was fitted with a Lister JP2. This was fitted with a
hand crank and was difficult to start, so she received little use. It
was decided not to overhaul the engine and a new JD3 engine has been
fitted.
Bantam tug Frisky in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 8th September 2006
Bantam tug Frisky in Chichester basin
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 24th June 2015
Boxer is a 28ft workboat donated to the
Canal Society in 1997. The engine has been rebuilt and the hold covered
over and Boxer is now the principal work boat on the canal.
Workboat Boxer in Chichester basin. The
hold has subsequently been covered over
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 8th September 2006
Chichester Ship Canal in
2015
Images of the canal in 2015.
Photo: (c) Ian Boyle, 8th September 2006
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