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  1. Hi James, give Dan at Bridgecraft in Acle a call as he may have something available at Broadsedge in Stalham.. Good luck
  2. A few shots of her on the following Youtube vid and especially at 27:16 onwards...
  3. Certainly the cathedral in Auxerre and the picture was taken from the Port de Plaisance in town. From memory it is/was a boat from Navig France who had a base down river in Gurgy..
  4. With the speed and force that those boats hit solid objects such as unforgiving stone Bridge piers and concrete barrages, the delamination of the hulls snd superstructures will be, for the most part, beyond repair. Those bulkheads which are usually ply bonded to the hulls will have been forced through the hulls perhaps only appearing as crazing externally but having caused extensive delamination of the layup. A simple gel coat repair gives no strength and large parts of the damaged areas will need to be cut out in order to let in a pre-moulded section or a mould laid over the cut out part in order to rebuild from the inside. The actual rigidity of the construction in this type of accident would have been more detrimental to the outcome than that of a more flexible structure...
  5. Not to mention a good 4000 litres of diesel pollution if they were all filled to the brim for winter..
  6. Seeing those with superstructures ripped off after hitting the barrages at +15mph, I think that they'll need more than a bit of T Cut...
  7. Latest news from the Lot is that only 4 are repairable and that the other 17 have been destroyed
  8. Hi Vaughan, yes indeed we did. Distant fun times in a different world. Sad to hear Narbonne has been closed too. I worked with Don McPhail in those days. Seeing some of the reviews for Le Boat is equally very saddening considering the hard work that was put in during the early days with P&H on a pittance of a budget...
  9. I honestly cant remember Chris being there but I did go to school with his brother Richard. Yes there was the well travelled Freeman 30 that we crossed from Southwold to Holland and prior to that we used a cruiser that belonged to the landlord of the Eagle in Neatishead. I vaguely recollect coming through Yarmouth yacht station with Maidie and, I believe, Evening Flight in line astern tow. Punching the tide in one of Vaughans hireboats we came to a complete standstill and created carnage 🤣
  10. Hi Robert, I dont post too often but having read this I guess this could only have been me as I set up both the Auxerre and Gray bases! I also crewed on Maidie in the late 70's. I believe that the Gray operation of Le Boat was sadly closed around 2 or 3 years ago..
  11. At a guess I would say filmed over the weekend of Acle Regatta in May. The family were on board Saraline from P&H and I recognise a rather younger me on Maidie!
  12. A truly kind, generous and thoughtful man. I worked with him at Porter & Haylett in the early 80's. A real Gent.. RIP John
  13. Looks like she was built for operating in France as there are still the bike pedal protection pads on the canopy and the rubber on the stern toenail. Clearly well travelled!
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