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Canal Cruiser DIY build in marine plywood 1970

In 1970 the only way I could afford a boat to cruise on the UK canal system was to build it myself. "York Marinecraft" sold plans and selected timbers to build craft designed by Percy Blandford. I chose to build the 16ft "Nomad"after seeing various craft moored on different parts of the system, although each one of the had obviously turned out to be slighty different, and with some built slightly longer. Local timber dealers were not prepared to sell marine ply direct to the public, but I was able to order the timber in instalments which suited my meagre budget. The whole project was based on enthusiasm to explore the waterways, and with the woodworking skills of a 20 year old who had made one coffee table at school. I intended to film it in Standard 8mm at the same time, and had thought it would be easy. It turned out to be a steep learning curve, but I did succeed. My father built a steel trailer - literally in one weekend - once he realised it was going to float. A work colleague assisted with the welding- using new steel box section, indespension units and secondand hand mini rims (10inch). Whilst I built a trailer plate and lights from scrap timber plus lamps and 7 core cable. The hull was built upside down on blocks set into my parents' lawn. Luckily, the highways department were building Cainscross roundabout at the time, and workers barrowed down an additional cement mix just before 5pm one Friday. This enabled me to construct and level the plinths, and to fix some offcuts of "Dexion" in the ground, and which would support a temporary cover over the boat as work proceeded. During a very cold winter scrap corrugated tin and sacking held back the snow - and there were moments of doubt whether I could achieve it. Sunday afternoons cutting and gluing timber listening to the "Navy Lark" on the radio certainly helped, and once the hull was turned over, I was able to complete the cabin complete with "Oroglas" windows in less than a month. The 7.5 HP 2 stroke Mercury outboard was supplied by Pete Barton - CHELMAY MARINE of Cheltenham - who gave invaluable advice. The final cost was about £100 for the hull and paintwork, £187 for the outboard, £75 for remote control and deck fittings and another £75 for second hand two burner grill, ropes, elsan toilet plus foam for beds and material from Gloucester market. The first boating season was short, but I made a folding canopy the following spring, fitted a headlamp powered by a Blue Star car battery contained in an old wooden munition box. Interior lighting was from a Camping Gaz lantern and small 12v bulkhead lamp. A 7inch 12v Sony B&W TV followed as the ultimate accessory in year three, together with a "Raleigh Stowaway" folding bicycle to use when weekending single handed across the Leeds & Liverpool. (I still have the bike) "Wild Rose" had a good turn of speed up the River Severn. Home moorings were on the Stroudwater Arm at Saul, and commercial craft were still using the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, with grain boats still travelling to Healings Mill at Tewkesbury. The skills and safety training of bridge keepers and in particular of Gloucester lock keeper were far superior to what users are now likely to experience. I have included a few shots of cruising in the early 1970s - in particular of a PONTOON conversion (name "BARCAROLLE") moving ahead of me towards Harecastle tunnel. Original filmed on Russian "QUARTZ" fixed focus Standard 8mm camera. Stills on Box camera and Russian SLR. Look out for the (now demolished) former lock keepers cottages in the distance alongside Dudbridge lock (Stroudwater Navigation). They are visible in the shot looking over the upturned hull, and have been partly boarded up.