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The Fit-Out of NB Steben
Mike Nolan purchased a Piper Boats built, 46 feet long trad, with a Beta 28hp
engine. Purchased as a sailaway, he had never taken on a task like this
before. Fitting out the inside from scratch it was his first narrowboat and he
loves it. He had no real experience of building as is a a baker by trade.
He worked evenings and weekends by himself assisted by his good friend
Andy.
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A wet December day in 2003 our first viewing of narrowboat STEBEN . Oh
well just the spray foam and the wiring and a few bits of wood and a
bit of paint and that's it ......finished !!! if only
........Well nb steben has arrived 400 miles on a
lorry and craned in at Devizes on the Kennet and Avon canal . It has been spray
foamed and I have used 600 feet of cable so far. The roof is now taking
shape with the help of my friend Andy.
T he roof
and sides are now in, the bathroom is getting there the kitchen is on its way,
the Alde heating is in.
W ell
here we are 8 months later still not finished but its useable we have
had 2 weeks on the River Thames and many weekends away.
Here we are on the Thames at Sandford
August 2004 . The out side is now gleaming but i must admit I didn't
paint it it was done in a boat marina, 5 weeks of waiting but worth it
. Since this picture was taken the side and back doors have been lined
with oak panels and the inside is 90% finished. We have had many
comments on the hull specially the
"piper" cut out for the engine air breather on the stern.
Mike Nolan
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