A year on the River Lee in 2011 with MV Challenge

As we prepare challenge for the 2012 season, we'd like to remind all our supporters of the fantstic year we had during 2011.

Over the year nearly 1,000 passengers with special needs enjoyed a day trip or holiday on our community boat.

The volunteer team excelled themselves and provided over 2,500 hours of their valuable time to assist with day trips, holidays and refurbishment.

This short film depicts our year on the river during 2011.

Operation Longboat 2011 Phases 2.5 & 3

During 2011 the volunteers of Docklands Canal Boat Trust continued with their three year refurbishment programme - Operation Longboat. During the autumn we secured a grant from the East London Community Foundation and were able to strip out the old galley and build a fabulous new one.

This short film shows some of the work we have undertaken to modernise our fantastic community riverboat.

New Wet Room 99% Complete

George, our plumber sank to his knees and said a quick thank you now that we have finally competed the new wet room. We just need to fit some locks on the door, hang a mirror and do a final clean and it's ready to be christened!

We've already started to clad out another area ready for a new sink unit and heating system. The rest of the galley will take shape over the next couple of months.

Web Site Updated

Our web site has been updated for 2011 with new images and publications. Go to www.dcbt.org and have a good look round.

The Future of The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

A film from the Olympic Park Legacy Company.

The future playground of Docklands Canal Boat Trust.

Progress on New Wetroom

We are now moving at a fair rate of knots to get our new wetroom ready for the 2011 season. the collage shows the progress to date.

Next weekend we hope to have started the tiling and have the ceiling and walls fully insulated.

When this is complete we'll be moving on to the new galley which will enhance the overall facilities on the boat.

Operation Longboat - The Film

During 2010 the volunteers of Docklands Canal Boat Trust embarked on Operation Longboat in an attempt to modernise our Community River Boat.

The Short film takes us through the year when we created a new day room, started a complete painting programme, dry docked the boat to replace the prop & prop shaft and our mammoth battle to break out of the dry dock into the frozen River Lee.