Another boat down at Beauchamp Arms

[senator]

Passing down river yesterday there was another wooden boat down at the Beauchamp Arms, at least I hope it is another one and not the one that so many people spent so much time raising before. Didn't notice it on Thursday on the way up.

Very sorry but battery was flat so no pics but it did look as if it had just gone down as the canopy, which was about the only thing showing was still clean. Take it the high winds of Thursday, Friday and Saturday had something to do with it.

[Jim]

I don't think it is the same one Ian. From what I've read, someone is restoring the raised boat as a project

[mbird]

We saw that yesterday too Ian. Quite a sorry sight, but a very old looking boat.

[teadaemon]

I really hope it isn't Caravelle III that's gone down again, but I have a horrible feeling that it might be.

Gary the new owner was doing the restoration with her on her mooring.

I hope even more that it wasn't the wooden top cruiser a bit further along that's gone down, as the owner was/is a liveaboard.

I was heavily involved with both attempts to raise Caravelle III, and it was bloody hard work. If she has gone down again, I really couldn't spare the time to raise her again as a favour, now I'm trying to run my own surveying business.

[mbird]

Does Caravelle have an aft door? The boat that was raised by a huge effort from people a few weeks back I thought did have. If I'm right, that one is still floating, as the sunken one has no aft door.

[teadaemon]

Caravelle III has an aft well with a door to the cabin and cutout in the transom (which was covered over with plywood as part of our attempts to seal her up for pumping out). When we left her after raising her we had stapled black polythene over the rear well to keep the rain out, although the last post Gary left on the other forum mentioned working on the aft cabin so he may have removed that.

From memory the wooden top further down the moorings had no aft well or door (I think it was based on a Bourne 40 hull), so what might be good news for Gary might mean that somebody has lost their home. I spoke to the owner when I first went over to assess the feasibility of raising Caravelle, he seemed like a nice enough chap. If it is his boat that's gone down, I hope he got off ok.

[gary01]

caravelle's mooring is under the trees there was another wooden boat on the free moorings west of the trees 3 boats west and another wooden boat on the moorings east of the pub . am going up wednesday so i guess i'll find out soon . i know a perspex window had blown out thursday someone contacted me about that . i haven't removed the plywood from transom . i have a pump in transom on auto, one behind gearbox on auto and one in engine room on auto so fingers crossed .

[mbird]

No, it definately wasn't Caravelle then, this boat was to the west of the pub (i.e the Brundall side)

[senator]

Think the one down had a dark red canopy.

[gary01]

phew i hope i can breath a sigh of relife .. was just about to hop in the car and rush up, but then what could i do tonight . cant think which boat has a red canopy.. i'll def let you all know wednesday , i'll take lappy with me , but am sure someone local will post pics somewhere.

[jillR]

caravelle on 23rd may

[jillR]

this is the only one among that group that i can see with a red canopy

Hakuna Matata

http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php ... oatId=8148

[gary01]

well i just plucked up courage to call the pub, its not caravelle its the boat on the west free moorings . phew for me but bad news for the owners . for pics of caravelle's resteration go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_morris67 if anyone has pics of her underwater ect please pm me for my email address . thanks gary

[jillR]

hi gary

your welcome to take copies of any pictures of her that i have posted

here is one of her down

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40472712@N ... olk-broads

jill

[Guest]

Jill in your last link I think the the one at the top of the shot you can just make out the hull.

Jonny

[gary01]

if you look at jills pic of caravelle then the boat that went down is to the left 3 boats down , one at top of other pic is east and still afloat. thanks jill for letting me borrow pics

[jillR]

this one in the middle ?

jill

[Guest]

The one at the front I would have thought

Jonny

[gary01]

yes jill that one so i'm informed .

[Guest]

yes jill that one so i'm informed .

The one with the wooden top or the fly bridge in the middle

Jonny

[jillR]

here is another of yours

[NorfolkNog]

Is it the one on the extreme right of this pic? Its not got a red canopy though....

[gary01]

yep thats the one , am guessing they made mistake with the colour of canopy . but its that one the pub told me went down .

[NorfolkNog]

Thanks Gary, that picture was taken on 19th May.

[gary01]

i see i need to turn caravelle around and wash starbord side .. lol . port side is alot cleaner