New trip boat for the River Slea is delivered

Watch as Slea Navigation Trust's new river trip boat, Benjamin Handley, is craned from its delivery lorry onto the River Slea.

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00:00Sleet Navigation Trust's new river trip boat into the River Sleet, Sleet at this moment.

00:07We watched as the Navigation Trust members along with representatives from NKVC

00:12oversaw the craning of the boat from a lorry into the river

00:17and it will now be motored up to the hub to be fitted out ready for next spring

00:24by members of the Navigation Trust.

00:28The new narrowboat is named the Benjamin Handel after the local banker

00:34who originally helped fund and enable the construction of the Sleet Navigation back in 1792.

01:27The Navigation Trust's new river trip boat into the River Sleet, Sleet at this moment.

01:32We watched as the Navigation Trust members along with representatives from NKVC

01:37oversaw the craning of the boat from a lorry into the river

01:42and it will now be motored up to the hub to be fitted out ready for next spring

01:48by members of the Navigation Trust.

01:57We watched as the Navigation Trust members along with representatives from NKVC

02:02oversaw the craning of the boat from a lorry into the river

02:07and it will now be motored up to the hub to be fitted out ready for next spring

02:13by members of the Navigation Trust.

02:27We watched as the Navigation Trust members along with representatives from NKVC

02:32oversaw the craning of the boat from a lorry into the river

02:37and it will now be motored up to the hub to be fitted out ready for next spring

02:43by members of the Navigation Trust.