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JP Marine | Taylors Boatyard

Canal Angels has just received yet another communication relating to the practices of Peter Askey's JP Marine UK Ltd, who now trade under the name Taylors Boatyard in Chester. It appears that Peter and Yvette Askey have both left a trail of unhappy customers and employees from the South East all the way to the North West. Taylors Boatyard were invited to respond, but as usual nothing has been received:

"I used to do engine contract work for JP Marine in the south east.  I have seen how the business was run first hand, and when I asked about survey work I was told I could "buy my credentials" which at the time i thought was very suspect.  I have since completed a and passed a course run by north west kent college and Lloyds Maritime Academy costing me several thousand pounds. I was party to seeing him lose the plot although he never noticed me observing this. I also noticed his inability to meet a dead line, and they seemed to take on work they knew nothing about... They boasted they could tackle anything as long as it came with a book of instructions, the fact they are trading under an existing name is cynical and underhand, I'm glad I have nothing more to do with them".
 
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Rogue Traders

Have you received substandard work to your canal narrowboat or other vessel? Would you like to commend someone for great workmanship?  Contact Canal Angels

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Let Canal Angels know and we'll post your reviews. Read other posts on this blog to discover some major pitfalls you could encounter as soon as your boat enters a dry dock. If you have a horror story similar in nature to the Chester couple's boat at Taylors Boatyard in Chester, share it here
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Secretary Of State Involved in Taylors Boatyard Repair

Rt Hon Vince Cable, Secretary Of State received news of the behaviour and practices of cowboy boatyard operators JP Marine UK Ltd operating out of Taylors Boatyard in Chester. We will bring you the latest news as it unfolds.

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Taylors Boatyard is the historical name of a once highly reputed boat yard in Chester in the Northwest UK. The boatyard and dry docks are presently leased by limited company JP Marine, who advertise themselves as "Marine Surveyors & Engineers" and perform welding to narrowboats and other vessels in the Chester area without any formal qualification or certification by any accredited professional marine body in the United Kingdom. Contact Canal Angels

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MP Lobby's Parliament on Narrowboat Couple Case


MP Mark Tamim has represented the couple's plight to Parliament after they were left homeless outside Taylors Boatyard in Chester after their vessel was deemed un-insurable as a direct result of works carried out by JP Marine UK Ltd.

Taylors Boatyard is the historical name of a once highly reputed boat yard in Chester in the Northwest UK. The boatyard and dry docks are presently leased by limited company JP Marine, who advertise themselves as "Marine Surveyors & Engineers" and perform welding to narrowboats and other vessels in the Chester area without any formal qualification or certification by any accredited professional marine body in the United Kingdom. Contact Canal Angels

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Taylords Boatyard Chester to Return Couple's Boat

Marine Saga continues: Taylors Boatyard Chester has conceded to release the vessel taken from our unhappy couple. The couple are now making arrangements to have their boat craned out at Telfords Warehouse and taken to another boatyard where they have no choice but to strip off all the steel plates and begin the job all over again with professionals. The couple have just released the following statement:

"There is no website in existence we know of that is is either the intention of generating revenue, or targeting any "long standing boatyard" connected with this matter. The name of the boatyard indeed was a HIGHLY REPUTABLE boatyard who's name the present occupiers are utilising to their own ends. Furthermore, the name JP Marine itself exists in other countries, the legitimate owners of which would no doubt be very unhappy their reputation is being tarnished in the same way.  The operators JP Marine UK Ltd are not long established, and if you do your homework, you too will discover this limited comany has changed it's name very recently. This limited company also does not put its OWN NAME to the "work" they perform. They use the name of this most reputable historic  boatyard on their own website and their high-vis jackets, and the signage outside. I challenge anyone to find the real company name (you'll find it in very small print on ONE PIECE OF COMMUNICATION if you look very hard.. Now, does that sound like an honest way to go about business?"

Thank you to everyone on Canal World Discussion Forum for raising the profile of this case, despite obvious censorship practices (there are clearly many unregulated 'industry professionals' using this forum and nepotism is rife among users and moderators).  Despite this, here is the most valuable response we have received on this matter, obviously from a professional:

"Our advice to anyone contracting services in the marine industry or seeking advice from any forum is simple: At this point in time ANYONE can self-appoint themselves as a "marine surveyor" or a "marine engineer" or indeed even a "boatyard" or "boatbuilder". Do your homework. Ask for testimonials. Ask to see PROOF of current membership of accredited organisations before you let them near your boat. Ensure your contract with them has timelines for completion of any work and include this wording in your contract "time is of the essence". Above all, ensure your surveyor is independent from the boatyard to avoid a massive conflict of interest"

Any reputable boatyard or boat repairer will be happy to provide all of the above, If they refuse, don't touch them with the proverbial barge pole."

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Taylors Boatyard Moorings and Dry Dock Chester - Exposed

An ex-worker from Taylors Boatyard in Chester has stepped forward to lift the lid on JP Marine UK Ltd who lease the boatyard from British Waterways. The Chester City Council Health & Safety Executive has been notified (complaint 415192), as well as the manager of the Boat Safety Scheme, Graham Watts.

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Taylors Boatyard Dry Dock

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Taylors Boatyard Chester Named & Shamed

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Canal Angels has just received news of a couple who are to lobby parliament for a change in law after an unscrupulous boatyard operator rendered them homeless and breached the Human Rights Act, they claim. After receiving sub-standard work to their narrowboat home, the couple tested the works conducted by  JP Marine UK Ltd at Taylors Boatyard dry dock in Chester, which was verfiried as having "significant defects" by independent marine surveyors Inspection Consultants Ltd (Incon).  They are now preparing to lobby parliament for a change in the law which fails to recognise their live-aboard narrowboat as a dwelling home affording them the same rights as bricks and mortar home owners and caravan owner-occupiers.  A local MP is working with the couple in their plight to recover their home, and bring charges of alleged criminal damage against Taylors Boatyard operator JP Marine UK Ltd after they denied the couple access to their home and placed it in a state of peril. This was after the couple had paid the boatyard £6,000 for "works". In a statement by the couple:

"the consequences of the actions of Taylors Boatyard have far reaching consequences for the operator, as well as serious ramifications for all those who presently live on board a watercraft, be it a narrowboat, dutch barge or GRP cruiser. Boatyard operators in the UK have the power to take possession of your home without consent, evict you, impound it and deny access to all possessions...even your clothes, something even court appointed bailiffs cannot do. All this happened as the police stood by and watched, as it would appear they have no law to act upon and are powerless to prevent it....housing can affect a person's life, health and life chances, which is why the right to respect for a person's home is in the Human Rights Act ". 

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Welds up to five rows wide riddled with defects
According to Peter James Askey of JP Marine UK Ltd "steel narrowboats are not fabricated to the standards of coded welders".  Well his certainly aren't. Full details soon.


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Visible Holes in the botched welding which were painted over
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Yvette Askey JP Marine UK Ltd
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The Independent Survey Results by Incon of Ellesemere Port, Wirral

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Peter James Askey- Director JP Marine UK Ltd refutes the findings of tests carried out by Incon claiming "steel narrowboats are not fabricated to the standards of coded welders"
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Taylors Boatyard Moorings and Dry Dock Debacle

Another distressed customer at Taylors Boatyard Moorings and dry dock Chester leased by JP Marine has contacted us. We'll bring you full details shortly. In the meantime, another unhappy customer has just advised that Peter and Yvette Askey have unlawfully denied access to their narrowboat home and placed it beyond their reach last Friday. The customer is taking the matter to the criminal courts and seeking an injunction to prevent these rogue traders operating outside of the law.
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Rogue Boatbuilders - Send Us Your Story

If you've fallen victim to an unscrupulous boatyard owner, received shoddy service or had a dodgy repair, contact Canal Angels now and we'll warn others

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Taylors Boatyard JP Marine Outrage

J P Marine: Unbelievable. Outrageous. Alleged Criminal Behaviour by Peter & Yvette Askey at Taylors Boatyard Chester

These are the only words we can articulate which demonstrate the actions taken by J P Marine today, according to news just in.  Between 4pm and 5pm whilst an unhappy customer visited the launderette, Peter & Yvette Askey flooded the dry dock and pushed their boat out onto the canal AFTER the customer had provided conclusive proof from independent surveyors, Incon,  that their welding was sub-standard and leaking. They have now denied the customer access to their home, leaving them without clothing, no access to medication, contact lenses, eye glasses and all other personal effects. Peter & Yvette Askey of JP Marine have rendered the customer homeless...on a Friday evening, with lawyers on the weekend break, and police who are powerless to intervene. We tried calling JP Marine to comment, but the phones were not being answered.

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Falling Apart At The Seams - Taylors Boatyard

Our unhappy customer has reported to Canal Angels there is no sign of JP Marine UK Ltd....and they are no longer accepting calls from other potential customers either on their advertised landline or mobile
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Holes clearly visible. The customer caught Peter Askey daubing red oxide paint on the welds to fill all the holes

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Canal Narrowboat Overplating by JP Marine at Taylors Boatyard Chester

Defective Narrowboat Hull Overplating Works
After the vessel was lowered onto the new 6mm baseplate

Canal Angels are dedicated to reporting Rogue Boat Builders and exposing dodgy repair yards across the country. If you have a marine or boat of horrors story, get in touch with us and have your say. Your story may help others, and potentially save lives.

If ever you were thinking of renovating a canal narrowboat, overplating or welding a narrowboat hull, fitting anodes, blacking a boat (either bitumen or comastic), having a hull survey, having it tested (there are many tests available including dye penetrant testing, Magnetic Particle MPI testing, ultrasound testing)... then you really cannot afford to miss this blog.

Not only will you discover WHAT YOU MUST KNOW about overplating before entrusting your precious boat or live-aboard home to any marine contractor, you will also learn the pros and cons of pump out toilets (including what's involved in removing one),  integral water tanks versus newer replacement water tanks now available for boats, installing a log burner or multifuel stove on your boat and much much more. By the way, If you're contemplating commissioning your own boat build, you simply CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY


JP Marine Director Peter Askey & the "welder" painting uncleaned new steel

It is now April 19th 2012, and my first unhappy customer has been in the dry dock at Taylors Boatyard Moorings and dry dock in Chester for approaching 2 months waiting completion of the hull, which is being overplated with 6mm on the bottom and 4mm on the sides. JP Marine (Pete Askey) has been contracted to perform this work and provide a BSS Certificate.

I will be writing the blog retrospectively, so that by the time our unhappy customer is out of the dry-dock at Taylors Boatyard you'll have the full picture. If anyone wants to come for a chat if you're local, feel free to call around. The 48ft boat is currently painted in red-oxide, and you can't miss it ! (Now located at Swanley Marina hardstanding) Contact Canal Angels

John The "welder"


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