Saturday 28-November-2017 is Sculptor's 82nd birthday

Sculptor - a boat built by boat builders rather than a boat built by ship builders - and so much more elegant for that.

Sculptor is a 'Star' class boat named for the Sculptor Constellation
Sculptor on ITV Anglia - 22-September-2014
Sculptor on BBC Look East 16-October-2014
Sculptor on Narrowboatworld

List of work

The following is a list of work we believe needs to be undertaken, subject to CRT approval and money being available:

Boat details:


CRT Index No: 48910
Fleet No: 82
Gauge No Number: 12499
Health Registration No: 1584
CRT Licence due: Jul-15
Boat Safety due: Feb-16

  • Electric bilge pump (12v) on/off/auto float switch - Completed on schedule
  • Remove scrap iron ballast, replace with water ballast - Completed on schedule
  • Ballast boat in a suitable manner - plastic barrels/cubes (Planned for 01-March) - Completed on schedule
  • Hull blacking, repaint tunnel bands, repaint top bends and fore end cants.  Completed on schedule.
  • Finish repainting fore end when weather suitable
  • Repaint rear stern end deck (counter)
  • Boat to have full set of cloths (Regentx or plastic not canvas), strings (synthetic hemp) and any other rigging - new cloths unfit for purpose - to be reordered
  • Good quality fenders front and rear (all rope fenders) 
  • Cabin to be cleaned out, painted, scumbled - cleaned 15/02/15
  • Engine to have remote stop
  • Throttle quadrant to be overhauled - Completed on schedule
  • Engine starting check list, manual, instructions 
  • Fire starting procedure 
  • Hold to be painted
  • Roof to be repainted
  • Chimney collar to be replaced
  • Gunwales to be replaced (forward of cabin)
  • Keelson to be inspected (soft on top)
The chimney collar is in need of attention


Paint colours:
Blue - Masons 'P' Midnight Blue 670/22
Red - Masons 'P' Deep Masons Red 596/22


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