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WHAT'S NEW
Newest Entries Listed On Top

 Just an Apology
We've been found by the inevitable Porn Industry & many other websites with Spiders that place
entries into guest books without them having to visiting the site.
At the moment any Guestbook entries will have to be e-mailed directly to Bolinder Engines
and we will add them to the guestbook page.

February 2010 Listings
Historical Boats -  Further images of Sandbach added. Donated by new owner George Boyle

Bolinder Engine For Sale - Bolinder 1052 for sale  More Details

February 2008 Listings
Individual Boats Section - Pushboat / Tugboat - Owned by Wout Bijlsma - Bolinder W7M15

Guestbook Entries  -  Individual Boats lly got around to adding some guestbook entries.

New Section added for  -  New Ideas & Suggestions  -  Please send in any ideas - Suggestions & Comments. Pick-up via the contents page.

New Section added for -  Engines & Owners  -  Send in your engine pictures to webmaster. pick-up via contents page.

Wanted Items  -  Head gasket for a three cylinder Bolinder Engine  -  Wanted Items

December 2007 Listings

Bolinder 1054 For Sale - Bolinder 1054BR for sale - Less than 5000 hours on clock! £14 000
Includes original propeller, manual and gearbox. Call 07787 537170   More Details

August 2007 Listings

Apology for the lack of entries in the past few months. Commitments in other areas have taken priority but we
hope to start adding further information to the website ASAP

Guestbook Entries  -  I've added a few guestbook entries and some of them have been placed into the
Help section. Please help if possible. One is with reference to the YAVARI  On Lake Titicaca, Peru which is
worth a visit.   www.yavari.org

February 2007 Listings

Canals And Boats Forum  - This is a BRAND NEW forum for sailing, canal and boat lovers. It has a section for everyone, from chat to letting users advertise their events and info for all sailing/canal lovers around the world not just Britain. This is a totally independent forum NOT belonging to any site or magazine etc. Added to the Links Page. It's worth a visit for all Canal or Boat Lovers.
 

January 2007 Listings

Featured Locations  -  Goolwa - Australia - Sent in by Liz & Brian Brawley...Many thanks

Lisa Maria  -  Next instalment to the re-build of Lisa Maria....Link To: Re-Metalling Big Ends

October 2006 Listings

Help  Page-  From F.M.C. Narrowboat Adder....requesting a jet for engine.

Help  Page-  Tractor BM 350 needing COUSSINET FOR MOTOR TYPE 1113

  Lisa Maria  -  Video Clips of the Boat, Voyages, Engine & Crew....Link To: VIDEO CLIPS

July 2006 Listings 

Boat For Sale - 62ft Narrowboat with Bolinder 1052 engine and gearbox.  (Bits page)    Click Here    

January 2006 Listings  Happy New Year to everyone. Hopefully we can add more information in 2006

Italian Bolinder  -  Added to the Help Section and Images to the Semi-diesel section. Italian Bolinders!!! Help

Bramble - Any Information on Bramble required - Added to the help section

Bramble -  Added to Ongoing Projects - By Richard Lacy

Daedalus 2 & Batavia -  Added to Ongoing Projects - By Chris & Daphne Giles

Bolinder Coat Badge  -  A Bolinder Coat Badge has been produced by John Pattle. Link on the contents page

December 2005 Listings

Andorra - Decoke of Andorra added to the Ongoing Projects section

Andorra - The painting of Andorra added to the Ongoing Projects section

November 2005 Listings - Apology for the lack of content recently I've been bogged down
with decorating and various other jobs through the summer!!....I'm back!!

Ref the Thermostat Questions -  Website added to the help section. Where thermostats can be obtained from.

Question added to the Help Section -  Ref some detailed dimensions for the internals of the Bolinder semi
diesel engines

August 2005 Listings

Question added to the Help Section - Information on Narrowboat Cactus required.

Manifold & Thermostat Cleanup - Added to Ongoing Projects

July 2005 Listings

Cooling Details - Added to the Original Bolinder Documents Section.

Driffield Gala - Added to Featured Locations.

Question added - To the help page ref Irish canal boat 68m.

June 2005 Listings

Details Regarding Thermostats - Added to the Bolinder 4 Stroke Section. If anyone knows where to purchase
                                                      NEW thermostats that will fit into the manifolds....Please let us know.

Question answered - At long last we've had an answer to one of our questions...is there anyone out there
                                    with the knowledge and time to answer some of the questions.....mmmmm I think not.!!

May 2005 Listings

A Blunders Section - Added to the website. If you have any Blunders - Near Disasters or Disasters and
                                    managed to capture them on film then please send them in.

Liz & Brian Brawley - Bekita added to the individual boat section - All the way from Mount Compass South
                                   Australia....oh to live there!!...please send me this Saturday's lottery winning numbers!

An Help Page- Added to the website - We will post any help questions on this page and hopefully someone
                          will be able to answer them. We're getting larger numbers of visitors weekly!

John Tapner & Derek Dunn - Lisa Maria added to the individual boat section. This has a Hundested
                                                Semi-Diesel Hot Bulb Engine. Being restored by Marine Enthusiasts.

April 2005 Listings

1051-1052 Gearbox Catalogue - Added to the Manual section in 4 stroke Bolinders

Featured locations - Beverley Beck & Driffield Navigation added to the featured locations.

Featured locations - Added to the website. If anyone would like to feature their local Canal Area please
                                   forward details and photos.

1053 / 1054 Manual - At long last I've completed the 1053 / 1054 Manual and Added it to the manuals in the
                                   4 stroke section.

A Donation page - Added to the website to help with costs of recovering Bolinder engines destined for the
                                Scrap Yard.

March 2005 Listings

Original Documents and Information - Donated by Janette Horton....added to the Semi-Diesel section

Elviva - Added to Gallery1...Povl Gade added to the Bolinder 4 stroke engine page for help on repairs.

Lux Motor Secunda - Added to the Gallery & Individual Boat section

February 2005 Listings

Waterways Crafts - Draco Crafts added to the Crafts section

Waterways Crafts - A Crafts section has been added to the contents page showing canal art at it's best.

Semi-Diesel - We've started a Semi-Diesel section keeping the 4 stoke & Semi-Diesel separated.

New Look - A New look to the contents page. The contents page has been tidied up to give it a new look.

January 2005 Listings - Happy New Year to Everyone

Semi-Diesel History & Specs - Having received more information about Semi-Diesel engines we thought it
                                                  was time to add some details on the Semi-Diesels.

Guestbook - Apology to anyone who tried to recently add entries to the Guestbook. All is sorted for now so
                      please try again. The Guestbook is a way for us to find out visitors ideas and comments.

Music Section - A music section has been added...listing Lyrics and available Canal Music CD's.

 Bolinder Manuals - Instruction book for the Single & Twin Engines has had further information added
                                  and better quality images. The files are quite large but much better.

December Listings

 Bolinder Register - 4 Stroke & Semi-diesel registers updated - Steam information added from Richard
                                 Thomas  ( President's Historian )

 Historical NB Minnow - Added to the Historical Boats section

 Historical NB Sandbach - Added to the Historical Boats section

 Bolinder Technical Specifications - Added to the contents page

November Listings

 Bolinder Original Documents - Original Document section added to contents page. Original documents
                                                    Rescued from Volvo

 Bekita - Added to the Bolinder Gallery. Our first Traditional type boat coming all the way from Australia.

 Andy Talbot - Writer Photographer added to the contents page New Entry - Bolinder Enthusiasts.

 Bolinder 1054 For Sale - Images of the 1054 For Sale are now available ( Continental adds ).

 Bolinder 1054 with gearbox added to - engines and spares ( Continental adds ).

 Steam Narrowboat President - added to Historical Boats. This is an all time great within the Canal
                                                    Community. We are pleased to display details and photos of this boat.

October Listings

Canal Junction  -  were kind enough to list our website on their Engines Page and may be reviewing
                               our website later on this year / next year.

We Continue  -  to list the website in search engines and now come in the top 2 listings on Google.

Bob Tidy  -  returned from a trip to see John Pattle with some excellent information which we hope to
                     list in the near future.

More listings  -  to the Galleries - Gallery 1 - Narrowboats Roger - Argus - Louisa May added.

Image Applets  - added to the website - Helps to bring the website to life.

  Tip  -  A new tip added to the engine repairs section.

Further details / images - added to the dismantle of Bolinder 1001 ( ongoing project by Bob Tidy).

Sandbach - added to the Bolinder Gallery.

UK Waterways Web Ring - We have been accepted by the UK Waterways Web Ring which now lists 100 sites.