the Elizabeth Jane

Well the new Elizabeth Jane has been out of the workshop for just under a week now. I'm really pleased with both the colour and the quality of the finished job.

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Well it's time for a new coat of paint. Rather than the green colour scheme which was badly oxidising, I decided to go for something a little more bold. I had a contemporary colour scheme in mind.

Wow, choosing a colour scheme is HARD!!! You end up looking at millions of other boats and once you have found something you like, you realise that they won't translate to your boat because the shape is different, or perhaps you didn't quite like the shade, and so on. Looking at colour swatches is OK, but what will the colour look like on a whole boat?

Initially I wanted to copy a colour scheme from another boat, but came to the conclusion that the colour scheme which worked well with a boat with portholes wouldn't translate onto our boat because of the deep windows not allowing sufficient border and a dark coloured centre panel highlighting the fact that the windows are not symetrically placed top and bottom.

I knew I wanted something different, so eventually I decided on Black with Salmon lines and roof.

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From 2006, William was able to come and stay after school. Here he is ready for action after breakfast.

In June 2006, Elizabeth Jane was back at High House Wharf on the Grand Union canal. William, Anna and I went fr a weeks cruising to the Welsford Branch off the Leicester section of the Grand Union canal.
Here we are moored at Welsford.

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