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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Springer Tugs => Topic started by: portside II on August 05, 2008, 04:58:22 pm

Title: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 05, 2008, 04:58:22 pm: It's been a while since Norry sent me a couple of springers down to Yorkshire ,and while one went to Hull i kept the other one in the shed for myself {-) .
Having followed the topics on here i thought it's about time i made a start and after emptying the hull of whatever had fallen off the bench and into it i started with the stand .the next thing was during the build was what type of structure and having seen some of the other builds on here i ended up with this.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/diggerworkboat2.jpg)
sorry if i have breached any copywrite :embarrassed: .
So with this in mind i came up with this , still needs a few more jobs doing ,railings ,mooring posts,etc .But it needs a name ,so any ideas (clean ones please) but then again as the original one was used for cleaning up.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/P1000820.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/P1000823.jpg)
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: andyn on August 05, 2008, 05:10:08 pm: LOAAADDDING SHOVELLLL SPRINGER!!!!!!! {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)

Sorry inside joke....... ;)

Springcleaner?
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Arrow5 on August 05, 2008, 08:42:51 pm: I`ve been wondering what the "bucket" would be carrying/lifting. If you made a skip(canal maintenance) then it would "Skipper", or with two wheelie-bins (marina use)then "Scaffie" is our local name for the refuse collectors (bin men). Both names with nautical theme. :embarrassed: ;)
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: toesupwa on August 05, 2008, 11:01:43 pm: Sam Spade... O0

Excellent job Portside...
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: towboatjoe on August 06, 2008, 12:00:03 am: Since it is used to pick up debris, how about something like "Limb Skinner" or "Bucket Tug"
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: mogogear on August 06, 2008, 03:52:20 am: Lynyrd Skimmer (pronounced /ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪmɝ)
:D
hopefully this will draw a parallel to old classic rock music
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Proteus on August 06, 2008, 04:18:00 am: If its a springer it has to be ...........SMASH and Grab

Proteus
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: grasshopper on August 06, 2008, 11:36:52 am: Bucket & Scarper?
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Post by: Guy Bagley on August 06, 2008, 02:07:31 pm: ' the tidy fairy' ? {-)
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: MCAT on August 06, 2008, 04:05:25 pm: Guy are you casting watsits on the sexual prowess of portsides springer ::)

joking aside its one of the best ive seen.

Mick
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: boatmadman on August 06, 2008, 04:48:42 pm: Womble?
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Arrow5 on August 06, 2008, 05:34:16 pm: Bucketeer O0
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Post by: BobF on August 06, 2008, 09:52:38 pm: Sir Grabalot.
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 07, 2008, 03:32:34 pm: Thanks guys ,some very good ideas there ,but the wife and i think Bucket and Scarper is the best ,unless there is any better ones to come good work .
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 09, 2008, 04:29:56 pm: Oops :embarrassed: first run on the water today and first oppotunity to perform a rescue and what does it do "throws the bl~@dy prop >>:-( " I could not believe it two boats dead in the water , i am sure i tightned the locking nut onto the prop >>:-( Aggh ,so theres a brass prop in the waters at goole probably having a tea party with all those Bob has dropped.
No pictures as it was raining.
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Shipmate60 on August 12, 2008, 12:15:29 am: So you gonna call it "Drifter" :)

Bob
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 12, 2008, 09:29:12 am: there was a number of choice words used as the time but i dont remember "drifter" being one of them ::) :)
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: woodybob on August 14, 2008, 04:02:55 pm: Lookin' good portside.

"SCOOP" comes to mind.
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Arrow5 on August 14, 2008, 10:50:13 pm: Not sure about that Woody. On this side of the pond we call the device for picking up dog mess a Pooper Scoop :o
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: woodybob on August 14, 2008, 11:49:26 pm: D'oh!
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: toesupwa on August 15, 2008, 03:23:00 am: Quote from: arrow5 on August 14, 2008, 10:50:13 pm
Not sure about that Woody. On this side of the pond we call the device for picking up dog mess a Pooper Scoop :o

You mean it isnt meant to pick up other peoples S**t?... :o
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Arrow5 on August 15, 2008, 08:15:04 am: Right enough Toes, we arent known as the "dirty man of Europe" for nothing >:( >:( >:( >:( :( >>:-(
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: grasshopper on August 15, 2008, 04:00:42 pm: What about calling it 'Heathspring'

Tenuous link again, seeing as it's obviously a Springer and a dredger of sorts, then you've got ledger that rhymes with dredger - and then there's Heath Ledger (dec.)
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 15, 2008, 05:37:37 pm: you could be right ,there is some sh.t (word not allowed) :) in the pond at the moment ,mainly bio fuel dust from the ajacent quay where they have been discharging the last few days leaving a scum on the surface also damn weed ,when you pull it out it looks like a fishing net being drawn in ,still working on a sutable / legal way of removing it ,but thats for another topic .
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Willit on August 15, 2008, 11:35:42 pm: Dave O0
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 25, 2008, 09:39:33 pm: Bucket'n'scarper had a good run the other day minus the bucket and a play with a barge .
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/DSC00093.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/DSC00094.jpg)
not sure what the thing in the picture below the pair is ,prob a blur on the phone lense.
Like most of the other springers i have read about she too has a tendancy to dive ,but as she has a large rudder she is also very manouverable in reverse ,so rather than rebuild the wheelhouse i built a pair of knees on the back (stabilizer fins realy).
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/P1000862.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/P1000860.jpg)
and with the lights on even better.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/darran77/springer%20tug/P1000856.jpg)
Oh and without the bucket, my next thing is to film her in action at stanilands regatta on the marina dry dock (yes there will be water in it so it should be called a wet dock). Its on this weekend fri,sat and sun if anyone fancys a visit ,we (GMBC) will have a stand there sat/sun .
for directions come off the M18 at thorne ,head to the town ,under the bridge and take the first right and follow the signs.
Fri is for the boaters ,sat/sun is for the fun.
daz
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: grasshopper on August 26, 2008, 12:27:34 am: Bucket 'n' scarper - so the beer's mine then?
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: Arrow5 on August 26, 2008, 08:25:36 am: A touch of the regnipS Class towboat there portside, I`m sure Toesup will be on to his lawyers by now. Nice barge.
Title: Re: name my springer
Post by: portside II on August 26, 2008, 10:27:02 am: Yep Grasshopper,the beer was yours "hic" and berry mice "hic" itwas too "hic".
Thanks Arrow , the barge is one of a pair i built for the club and ladened with coal they look ok ,trouble is they are not water tight and so the need for ballast after half an hour in the water is not recomended ,the problem is that they do need some baffles inside to stop the water sloshing around ,but thats another job on the list.
daz