Katona

A narrowboat rebuild by Nick Goodall.

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Diamond-shaped wyre lock

Bent throttle pillar

Prop wrap

Pershore cruising

Pershore lock cruising

Water tank after sinking

Froxfield boat

Starter solenoid

Post-sinking mess inside

Boat moving again

Pumping out the water

Motorbike under the bow

Drained canal pound

Recovery monster truck

Sunk inside water

Sunk at the stern

Sunk at the bow

Katona starting to sink

Stuck with a flooded engine bay

Stuck with a low stern

Stuck pointing out

Glazing glaze

Jammed lock gate

Dunhampstead tunnel

Tardebigge radio operator

Tardebigge locks

King's Norton tunnel

Approaching King's Norton tunnel

King's Norton Stop Lock

Edstone Aqueduct

Railway aqueduct

Boat-shaped blockage

Pumpkin patch

Marina at night

Throttle cable

Sunset under a bridge

Shakespeare bound at dusk

Shakespeare marine bound

More old boat scenery

Lighting a tunnel

Old boat scenery

Countryside lock

Walking along the canal

Moving the boat

Dismantling stove

Night through the kitchen windows

Morning through the kitchen windows

New boat spot

Seasonal double glazing

Opener window rubber

Sealing windows

Tall ivy plant

Diesel heater

Heater exhaust skin fitting

Plants!

Fairy lights

Candlelit bed

Locked boat

Insulated doors

Me (Nick) insulating

Insulated boat

Morning coffee

Chimney collar installed

More hatch welding

Lounge insulation prep

Insulated stern

Battening down the stern

Engine moving again

Looking like an engine

Taking my door handle

Galvanising shoot bolt

Installing multipoint lock

Generator milk foaming

Water pump bolt thread

Front window installed

Glass in front window

Clean injectors

Clean engine head

Front window priming

Sealing lounge window

Kitchen windows installed

Last kitchen window masking

Greasy engine head

Greasy engine body

Coolant reservoir seal

Welded hatch

Welding hatch

Bathroom window re-installed

Saloon battens

Hatch doors installed

Hatch doors first overcoat

Kitchen window outside masking

Kitchen window inside masking

Hatch doors primed

Coolant reservoir

Broken coolant seal

Hatch and door painting

Siliconed lounge window

Masking-taped lounge window

Boxes of insulation tanks

Marineflex tubes

Camping kitchen, number 2

Side hole welding

Old cooker vent

Welded chimney plate

James welding chimney plate

New kitchen windows

Removed hatch and doors

Factory-looking boat

Stern section overcoat

Stern primer coats looking forward

Stern primer coats

Drop the 'rusty.' Just 'shell.' It's cleaner.

Dirty Nick after rust removal

Stern rust removed

Stern window in pieces

Cracked stern window

Stern window areas ready for grinding

Performing surgery on the boat with an angle grinder

Starboard side windows installed

Port side windows installed

View of the bow, on the Grand Union canal

View of the stern, on the Grand Union canal

Letter from the CRT

Cleaning the stern

Messy stern

Installing first saloon window, outside

Installing first saloon window, inside

White overcoat in section 3, facing backwards

White overcoat in section 3, facing forwards

Section 3 final coat of primer

Angle grinder flesh wound

Section 3 before working on it

Second lounge section final coat of white paint

Front saloon coat of white paint

Front saloon final primer coat

Electric bonfire on the beach

Painted second lounge section

Cleaned second lounge section

Dirty Nick

Rusty second lounge section

Chimney plate for welding

Clean chimney area

Camping water tank

Servicing angle grinder

Chimney collar

Rusty chimney area

Boat diagram

Pre-insulated bedroom

Rusty bedroom

Sleeping area

Camping kitchen

First tearing out