Andora
Josher-style hull (ex Jagney / Scotia) with a 1950s-era 1051 — the site owner’s ongoing project from the original archive.
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Boat stories
Rewritten accounts of craft that carried Bolinder power — including Andora (Bob Tidy’s 1051 project) and six other archive favourites.
Drawn from the historic bolinder-engines.info archive and retold in modern prose. Details reflect owner contributions recorded on the old site; they are heritage notes, not surveys. For tabulated craft and engine notes see the engine registers; for archive contributor profiles see enthusiasts.
Bekita
Jarrah-built motor cruiser on the Murray system, refitted around a 1052 and far from UK canals.
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Secunda
Twenty-five metre Dutch lux motor with a 1949 1054 that stayed in hard working order for a long televised French cruise.
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Newcastle
UK traditional-style narrowboat documented with engine serial notes and owner photography.
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Minnow
Historic working motor with a long BCN career, later restored with a Bolinder BM9 for rallies and heritage use.
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President
Famous Fellows Morton & Clayton boat: steam beginnings, then compact Bolinder crude-oil power from 1925.
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Sandbach
Yarwoods-built maintenance tug later fitted with a 1953 twin-cylinder 1052 and Bolinder gearbox.
Read story →More craft appear only as photographs in the Gallery and Sound & video. Heritage PDF manuals are on the Manuals page; serial and craft notes are on Registers.