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British Waterways: "We have no record of..qualifications" for Taylors Boatyard Chester

CA are in receipt of a communication from British Waterways to a couple who received substandard work to their narrowboat vessel carried out by JP Marine "Surveyors" operating from Taylors Boatyard in Chester. Sarina Young of British Waterways states:

"BW does not have a copy of Pete Askey’s Marine Engineering Qualifications or those of his welder"

This rings alarm bells as British Waterways are effectively not vetting tenants of their leased dry docks and premises...possibly throughout the entire waterways system. The communication goes on to state:

 "British Waterways’ relationship with Taylors Boatyard is solely as a landlord."

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The couple paid JP Marine £6,000 cash and spent £12,000 renovating the interior

Surely BW have an obligation, at least a moral obligation, to ensure the safety of waterways' users utilising their premises, leased or otherwise. It is alarming to say the least they are willing to permit unqualified, un-vetted traders to operate from any of their premises and place waterways users in harms way.

British Waterways have been invited to respond...

The narrowboat concerned now lies at Swanley Bridge Marina in Nantwich where the couple in our long saga  have now had a further survey by a qualified marine surveyor (independent from Swanley Bridge Marina). The survey results confirmed the poor standard of workmanship carried out by JP Marine UK Ltd who operate from Taylors Boatyard Chester

If you visit the "Taylors Boatyard" website (click here) you'll discover that not only does this operator fail to use it's own trading name at the head of the site, but relies on the historical reputation of a boatyard long since ceased trading.. it also fails to display it's own company name correctly which can be found (in very small print) at the bottom of their website. The site states "Copyright 2011 JP Marine" at the bottom, yet companies house records show JP Marine recently changed its name to JP Marine UK Ltd.

So is this the first time this operator has found itself in hot water? Changing trading names and moving around the country seems to be a very suspicious practice indeed.  More alarmingly, despite our rigorous efforts to locate Peter Askey on any formally accredited register of Marine Surveyors, and requesting proof of the same from British Waterways, to date there is no evidence of this, yet the company website boldly claims otherwise. Read the other posts on this blog for some useful hints on performing background checks...

Taylor's boatyard was established in 1913 and moved to a site in the Dee Basin slipway, Tower Wharf, in 1917. In the 1970s, the firm was taken over by David Jones (Boatbuilders) Ltd. Most of the vessels built by J.H. Taylor and Sons were canal craft, but the firm also built fishing boats, including salmon boats for use in the Dee estuary. Unfortunately this solid reputation is now tarnished. Contact Canal Angels



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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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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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Taylors Boatyard Dry Dock

Update: 3:30pm and JP Marine have not yet opened the lock gates
Taylors Boatyard "Cowboy Boatbuilders"

Peter Askey "Marine Surveyor" though we have been unable to match his name with any professional marine association or institute inside the UK 

 

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Taylors Boatyard Threaten To Flood Couple

JP Marine Narrowboat Hull Overplating
Plates being tacked on before the MIG welder was deployed. Picture by Canal Angels

It's 4am on the morning JP Marine at  Taylors Boatyard have threatened to flood the dry dock and asked the customer to leave in a boat that's full of holes- holes that JP Marine have put in their boat. They have advised us they are in a hotel in Chester (The Coach House next to the town hall which is superb).

After Inspection Consultants Ltd (their independent surveyor) re-visited the site yesterday and confirmed "this was the worst welding they has ever seen",  the unhappy customer went to their lawyer and served written notice on the boatyard that should they flood the dock that it would constitute criminal damage. They also informed the police of the situation and lodged a complaint with Trading Standards.

According to Incon, it will cost between £6,000 and £7,000 to rectify the damage JP Marine at Taylors Boatyard had caused, which was roughly what our unhappy customer had already paid them. All the welding needs grinding out and starting again- this time with a competent welder. When unhappy customer asked Incon if they could commission them to oversee the project if JP Marine rectified the problem, they advised "there's simply no point" if they did the same thing again with their own welder. Let's hope they now see sense and bring in qualified people to complete the job.

The customer states that he probably looks stupid, as in hindsight he really should have had independent surveyors from the outset. But when our unhappy customer proposed bringing in Incon for the survey at the start of the project, Yvette Askey reportedly assured them confidently that her husband Peter Askey was a qualified marine surveyor. We have not been able to verify this claim.  "He has also been present each day throughout the re-plating process and personally overseen everything his welder John has done...even helped him cutting out the steel and lifting it into place.  So who's the stupid one, do you think?" said the couple.

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