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@Jacqui
Miracles retro fit.
I've met with Martin, the man who will carry out the retro fit of my new steel doors and my side hatch.
Martin is exactly the sort of person you want to do work on your home.. we were walking up the tow path toward Miracle and he began sussing me out.
"So you've been on your boat a while?"
Since October last year.
He nods, so you've done a winter, that's good.
Yes, and I'm planning on being on her for a while. I'm not up to a big project and my budget means I'll be saving for a bigger boat longer than I'd originally thought. The doors and hatch will make it doable.
He nods again.
I know this isn't your main business, so what is it that you really do?
Have you heard of Black Prince?
Its my turn to nod.
I build them. I've been building narrowboats since 1972. The retro fitting is my hobby. I saw a gap in the market, most yards hate doing hatches, they're expensive because they take so much time. But most yards dont have our advantage. We've a system, it takes us 2 weeks to build each boat, and we clock out at noon on Fridays.
I absorb this new intel. Black Prince are the hire boats, very nice hire boats. Miracle is a Springer, known throughout the waterways as the Skoda of boats. Black prince are more like the Jaguars of the water.
So, my Skoda is getting Jag parts... it's a bit of overkill.
I couldn't be more pleased.