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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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Taylors Boatyard and Dry Dock Chester: Daylight Robbery

Canal Angels would like to contact a couple who recently had their suitcase generator stolen when moored at Taylors Boatyard next to the dry dock in the Chester canal basin. The couple were burgled in broad daylight...while they were still aboard the boat. Contact Canal Angels

Chester City Centre Narrowboat Moorings
Taylors Boatyard and Dry Dock Moorings Chester

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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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Lights Out at Chester Dry Dock

Lights are now back on, and in the early hours this morning the unhappy customer finally received the hull survey they had paid JP Marine for 2 months ago. What is clear from the survey is Peter Askey placed an "urgent recommendation" to address the proximity of the well deck scuppers (deck drain) to the waterline. An "urgent recommendation" as defined by themselves must be done urgently, preferably before re-floating and certainly before any use is made of the vessel.

Why then would the same surveyor say he is refloating it before this is done, and why has he cut holes in the new steel in exactly the same location as the holes he states are below the minimum recommended level ??

The answer is obvious- he has a queue of narrowboats waiting to get in the dry dock to line his pocket and doesn't care that he may potentially flood and sink one customers'  home in the process. Time to get the experts in to stop him!

Our unhappy customer now reports that Peter Askey has also now just put in writing he thinks the weed hatch is too low- even more reason not to float the boat !

Defective welding to hull overplating
Dodgy: One of the 9 purposely cut holes on the baseplate
Next Photo: The poor customers home when JPM floated it prematurely. Water was coming onboard so they drained the dock and it took 30 minutes for the water to stop gushing through all the holes in the baseplate and sides, and a full 2 days to stop dripping !
floating a narrowboat full of holes
Floated prematurely and taking in water
note the (new) proximity of the gas locker drain to the waterline. You can just make out the deck drain hole which is now virtually on the waterline if you look closely- and this was with an empty water tank! 

The next pic shows where it was before they started work:
Performing a hull survey without formal qualifications
Before Overplating

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Taylors Boatyard Fails Test

<<< REWIND to Friday 20th April:

Inspection Consultants Ltd (Incon) a highly reputable testing facility were drafted in to perform testing on welding carried out by JP Marine over the last 7 week period on our unhappy customers' boat. The result?: quote: 'SIGNIFICANT DEFECTS - REJECT"

Defective Hull Overplating Report
The unhappy customer informed Peter Askey at Taylors Boatyard Moorings and dry dock immediately and requested a meeting to discuss how he intended to rectify the numerous problems. The response: None I'm afraid. Very poor. Very poor indeed. Something was amiss...and our unhappy customer was about to discover what the next evening.... Contact Canal Angels
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