Saturday 28-November-2017 is Sculptor's 82nd birthday

Sculptor - a boat built by boat builders rather than a boat built by ship builders - and so much more elegant for that.

Sculptor is a 'Star' class boat named for the Sculptor Constellation
Sculptor on ITV Anglia - 22-September-2014
Sculptor on BBC Look East 16-October-2014
Sculptor on Narrowboatworld

Maintenance

Oils:

Oil changed 5-June-2015

  • Reduction box 1 litre EP90
  • Engine/gearbox 11 litres 20/W50 (on advice from Union Canal Carriers)
  • Oil Filter - Baldwin 352-31720 (also designated as a P174)

Fuel:

'Brim' full on 30-April-15 - took on 85 L

Sculptor - hours of use:

Date From Start Time To End time Hours Notes Cumulative Hours Litres of diesel @ 1.3 LPH total Litres of Diesel each trip @ 1.3 LPH
05-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne Stoke Bruerne 0 Engine/Gearbox/Reduction box oil changes and engine filter change 0 0 0
06-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 08:15 Stoke Bruerne 08:35 0:20 Engine run to check for leaks following oil and filter change 0:20 0.4 0.4
06-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 14:10 Stoke Bruerne 14:35 0:25 Engine run to check for leaks following oil and filter change 0:45 1.0 0.5
13-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 11:58 Stoke Bruerne 12:30 0:32 Stoke Bruerne Family Festival 1:17 1.7 0.7
14-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 11:42 Stoke Bruerne 12:47 1:05 Stoke Bruerne Family Festival 2:22 3.1 1.4
18-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 13:15 Stoke Bruerne 13:35 0:20 Engine run following oil fliter replacement (missing spring) 2:42 3.5 0.4
23-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 13:40 Stoke Bruerne 14:09 0:29 Engine run under load 3:11 4.1 0.6
26-Jun-15 Stoke Bruerne 06:50 Braunston 16:10 9:20 Positioning for Braunston Historic weekend 12:31 16.3 12.1
27-Jun-15 Braunston 10:30 Braunston 13:04 2:34 Morning Historic parade 15:05 19.6 3.3
27-Jun-15 Braunston 13:50 Braunston 15:05 1:15 Afternoon Historic parade 16:20 21.2 1.6
28-Jun-15 Braunston 10:30 Braunston 12:50 2:20 Morning Historic parade 18:40 24.3 3.0
28-Jun-15 Braunston 14:00 Braunston 15:05 1:05 Afternoon Historic parade 19:45 25.7 1.4
29-Jun-15 Braunston 09:20 Stoke Bruerne 19:45 10:25 Positioning back to Stoke Bruerne 30:10 39.2 13.5


The following items are on our proposed winter/spring maintenance programme:

* External expenditure (Engine/Gearbox maintenance) in 2014/15 is getting knowledgeable engineer to spend a day with the volunteers showing them how to do things the right way on Sculptor's engine and gearbox - a one off 'investment'.














Item Cost in Voly hours Cost in consumables External Labour
2014/15
Repaint cargo hold sides 30 £100
New chimney collar 8 £150
Ongoing repairs to the shutts 30 £0
Repainting the roof 15 £30
Repainting the cants both stern and fore end (fore end repainted early June 2015) 15 £60
Tidying up the paint work on the fore end 5 £0
Sleeving the rudder stock 10 £200
Engine / gearbox maintenance done 6/15 30 £50 £300 *
Repairs to back cabin 100 £250
General maintenance 200 £1,000
2014/15 costs 443 £1,840 £300

2015/16
Boat Safety examination 0 £155
Investigate Stern Gear leak 0 £100 £400
Boat Safety examination repairs 10 £50
Possibly replace the gunnels 10 £2,000 £1,000
On going preventative maintenance painting 50 £200
Engine / gearbox maintenance 10 £75
General maintenance 200 £1,000
2015/16 costs 280 £3,580£1,400

Grand Total
723 £5,395 £1,700

http://www.dodington.net/Sculptors_Cloths.pdf



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