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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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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

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Taylors Boatyard and Dry Dock Moorings Chester

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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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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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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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