Friends of NB Emerald progress (2)

I mentioned last week that 'The Friends of NB Emerald' (as I'll dub them) have now got the boat to Tipton, and it awaits the start of repairs.  He's sent some photos, and he asked me to acknowledge another sponsor:  International, who have kindly donated up to £1,000 worth of their boat paints for the restoration. 

In the end Emerald managed the trip under its own power.  I can empathise with this, because when Granny had her cabin diesel leak earlier this year, she worked fine as a cruising boat.  It was only when you went inside that you were faced with the distress (and you could only smell it).   As you can see, the distress on Emerald - pictured here at the top of the Wolverhampton flight - is far more, well, distressing.

I must admit I'm astonished at what they've already achieved in commitments and support.  Well done, Dave!

Comments

[dave and julie]

hi granny buttons david and i would just like to say a very big heartfelt thanks to all the fantastic people who have given their time and energy to help us get em. back on the water. we never in our wildest dreams thought she would ever sail again.sept.22nd will be a date we will never forget.we sat down on the friday night and cried for an age then we said right!to work.we thought it would take a fortnight for us to clear the debris from em.then we would see what the damage was and assess from there our next step, what we didnt reckon on was howard,carol,sandra,vyn and john, em. was cleared out in a weekend and they never stopped until the job was finished along with other helpers who came for a couple of hours when they could. Now dave and the crew have joined in life is looking better and without everyones help we would have had to say goodbye to the canal and our life afloat.people have said "well you should have had insurance", we did but it was only third party and we never dreamed we would need anymore than that,now i would say to anybody like us to go without something else in order to afford fully comprehensive and make yourselves afford it.thank you for taking the time to write about us and thank you to anyone who is reading this who has given either their time or donations to help get em. back on the water. we wish you a very merry christmas and a happy new year and hope 2007 is all you wish for.take care,and be happy.