Our Canal Boat Names

Where do we get our Canal Boat names from? A question we are often Asked.

Well, when the company first started, our canal boat names were original to the boats i.e. Manucunion, Avon, Ailsa Craig, Magician. In that same year 1948 a butty was puchased and cut into two making James Brindley and Angela (after Angela Rolt – a canal theme had started?). From there we had Thomas Telford, Venturer and heron. We had a Martine, Dorothy Grace (Mino’s Mother), Elizabeth grace (I think an Aunt), Erminilda (Stone Town History) Wulfreds Wife, Benidicta from the Wyatt Family Tree born in 1629. We have kept an Angela in the fleet from the begining, building her sister boat Rosemary (joiners wife) From there We had Boadica (a nordic queen) who had two daughters Aramanda and Sabina 1 (both of these were used as boat names) and we also had Sabina 2. Our Family Tree dates back as far as Adam Wyatt 1307. David and Mino dipped in and out of the Family Tree several times over the years. In the 80’s and 90′ we built Roxana, Katherine, Ginette, Alice Elizabeth, Maria, Lucy Ginger, Carey Ginger, Sophia Ginger, Olivia Ginger, Patricia, Lillian Ginger. And, from the year 2000 onwards we have built Elinor Ginger followed by Martha Ginger, Frances and Agnes.

Our ‘Ginger Class’ started when we had the idea to make a comfortable class of boat, with more living space and dedicated bedrooms. Kimberley (our daughter) chose ‘Lucy Ginger’ from the family tree becuase both her and Dominic (our son) are red heads, they also broke the bottle of Champagne over her bow on launch day.