Hadar (narrowboat)
Hadar is a replica copy of a Small Northwich narrowboat of the Star Class originally built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company (GUCCCo.) by W.J. Yarwoods of Northwich. She was built by Roger Fuller Boatbuilders Ltd of Stone, Staffordshire, and completed in 2007, and painted by Tina Paramore.
Owner-operators
She is owned and operated by Keith and Jo Lodge who carry and sell house coal, smokeless fuel, kindling, firelighters, toilet blue/green, Brasso, Meashamware, ribbon & lace plates, rag-rugs, crochet-work and their very own exclusive range of place/mouse mats, coasters and key-rings. Keith first started working on canals in 1968 at the age of 15 on an ex-working narrowboat Pisces now operated by the Hillingdon Narrowboats Association, which is still running today as a community trip boat, which she was when Keith started on her. Hadar is a close copy of Pisces.
Dimensions
Her colour scheme as seen in the photo is that which the GUCCCo. adopted in 1937 in celebration of the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Apart from the traditional boatman's cabin at the rear, and engine room, she has additional 18 ft (5.5 m) cabin space forward of the engine room (of which 8 ft (2.4 m) is underneath the sheeting), which, along with her shallower draft by 1 ft (0.30 m) reduces her cargo carrying capacity to 8 tonnes maximum. She was built to the newer width of 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) rather than the original 7 ft ½ in (2.15 m) and with a draft of 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) rather than the original 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) and a length of 70 ft (21 m) rather than 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) to make travelling the canals today easier.
