Status: Steaming
Owner: Neil & Linda Cocksedge
Area: UK-Midlands
Narrowboat.
Construction: Welded steel.
Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilding Co. Ltd.
LOA: 56' 0", LWL: 55' 0", Beam: 6' 10", Draft: 2' 6",
Build number 34. Green, tiller steering.
VFT Built 2006 by Otmoor Ironworks at Billinghurst
Fuel: Wood briquettes, Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 3.2 sqft,
Steel barrel. 51 X 1.5" dia Steel tubes.
condensing, engine driven pump, injector, steam feed pump, whistle,
Bronze, 3 blades, 23" X 24"
Shaft: 2" steel
Built 1986 by Stoke-on-Trent Boatbuilders. Original Lune Valley boiler replaced 2006 by VFT type and converted to wood briquettes from coal. Bought by Neil and Linda Cocksedge in March 2015. Since then Tixall has cruised from Middlewich in the north to Braunston in the south. Home mooring Ashwood Marina, Staffs and Worcs Canal. Engine overhaul by John Maltby winter 2017/8. Extensive refit at Stokeboats 2017 to 2019.