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scholar gypsy narrow boat blog skip to primary content scholar gypsy narrow boat blog search main menu home recent posts contents slide shows boat manual old photos 2003 10 qdjp 2012 narrowboat squadron website pageant day wash 2015 planning resources kings lynn to boston may 2015 words photographs videos real time photoblog boston to wisbech august 2015 words videos photos wisbech to dog in a doublet real time photoblog witham navigable drains medway 2016 bow to rochester q boro to bow 5 creeks 2018 planning resources fc1 limehouse to gravesend via deptford fc2 gravesend to dartford fc3 dartford fc4 crayford creek fc5 dartford to barking fc6 barking to bow wash 2019 easter easter cruise 1 ely to peterborough easter cruise 2 river nene peterborough to northampton easter cruise 3 northampton to braunston spring spring cruise 1 braunston to kilby bridge spring cruise 2 kilby bridge to trent lock spring cruise 3 erewash canal spring cruise 4 trent lock to cromwell lock spring cruise 5 cromwell via torksey to lincoln summer summer cruise 1 lincoln to boston summer cruise 2 waiting in boston summer cruise 3 crossing the wash from boston to wisbech summer cruise 4 wisbech to march summer cruise 5 march to ely narrow boat scholar gypsy please use the menus above to navigate around the site or follow the links below for recent blog postings for the full contents list of blog postings to contact me please use the form below you can also follow the boat s fairly quiet twitter feed here back thank you for your response name required email required comment required submit δ a bit of history and information about the boat sg is currently based on the river great ouse at ely previous home moorings include 2003 2014 braunston 1993 2003 willlowtree marina paddington arm 1981 1993 fenny compton south oxford with visits to cowroast on the grand union 1979 1981 aynho wharf south oxford please click on these links for photographs 2003 2010 and photographs from 2011 onwards the boat s instruction manual plus extra information on fuel additives electrical wiring diagram for the 1992 version for previous engine room here and here adverc alternator controller instructions ely marina instructions water levels on the great ouse instructions for the fixed and handheld vhf sets an article in goba news our previous boats were shetland 535 named marly september 1971 august 1972 at which point we decided it was too small after an incident involving spaghetti on the floor shetland 570 1972 77 named scholar gypsy the orignial narrowboat scholar gypsy reconditioned bmc 1 5 was 32 feet long when launched at hoo mill in 1979 and here is the original floor plan the previous draft was only 30 but that would have made the bow deck far too small it has been stretched twice to 45 feet at hoo mill in 1982 the cut was at about b in the above drawing and then to 56 feet with a new stern section replacing the old engine room and aft cabin aft of d in the plan above at braunston in 1994 here s the old back end just before it was renamed as frog the banner photograph shows the boat at thrapston on the river nene april 2014 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading leave a comment cancel reply δ subscribe to blog via email enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address subscribe join 54 other subscribers follow scholar gypsy on wordpress com create a website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed scholar gypsy join 54 other subscribers sign me up have a wordpress com account log in now privacy scholar gypsy copy shortlink view post in reader manage subscriptions sign up log in report this content collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website d