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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 Chester YouTube



Canal Angels has now launched our Youtube Channel. Our first report summarizes the recent attempted narrowboat hull repair by Taylors Boatyard and Dry Docks in Chester, trading as J P Marine UK Ltd. There is commentary after 30secs or so, and we'll try and tidy the whole edit up soon! 

It's worth noting that this video was filmed directly AFTER the vessel failed its weld test by independent professional marine surveyors. Taylors Boatyard then flooded the docks and pushed the boat into the canal system with all the defects evident in the film and the report still not rectified. 

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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 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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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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