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	<title>Worcestervista &#187; Canal Boats Vesta and Spitfire</title>
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		<title>Vesta and Spitfire refurbished</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stourport open Dry Dock in 1964. Spitfire a BCN icebreaker/tug built in 1940 with Hurricane and Gladiator.Vesta a long distance Grand Union Star Class narrow boat, converted in 1948 into a BCN tug. Max Vesta at Hardy and Padmores awaiting reconstruction. 1961 Â£200 for boat with two spare reconditioned engines which I sold for Â£60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vesta and Spitfire on tour.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A boat travelling along a canal can push the water up a considerable distance ahead. In 1962 we were moored on the &#8216;Shroppie&#8217; on an absolutely flat calm night. At 4.00 am &#8220;Vesta&#8221; suddenly lifted and tugged at its moorings, waking us up. For a good ten minutes we lay listening to the strange thump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vesta in dry dock.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vesta in Diglis dry dock, Worcester. 1960. (more photo&#8217;s of &#8220;Vesta&#8221; in canals in worcestershire.) The first task in restoration was fitting new 3 inch thick by 2ft. wide elm planks to the bottom and painting the iron plates with bitumastic coating, then work could start on the cabins. An interesting job was graining with [...]]]></description>
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