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Springsong
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I was very lucky to have a friend who found three on e bay and he donated them to the cause, We already had three.
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Really taking shape well done to you all, I know what it takes, I also know I haven't got another "boat" in me.
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I knew a little about very little pre about 1980 since which I can remember very little about the very little I thought I knew
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I am sorry Howard we did sell Courage Best Bitter and Directors but I have never been a courage fan, and it was too hot to drink English beer, for my taste at least.
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I was working at The Royal Beach Hotel Southsea in 1976. Black jacket striped trousers a nd waistcoat was the uniform, that was very warm work, on the plus side good sailing in the Solent and a ready supply of Lark dinghies from the Poly sailing club. That year Courage introduced Kronenbourg 1861. Courage could not brew enough of it , we were selling around 100 gallons of it alone a week. Martini were on strike as were the Italian glass bottle industry.
A useless piece of information a cricket match in Buxton Derbyshire was snowed off on June the 12th, the sun came out afterwards and went back in in October
Nato had an exercise in the North Atlantic and got hit by a huge storm with many ships damaged, they put into Portsmouth and we had thousands of foreign sailors every night on shore leave ; that was the first and thankfully the only time I watched the American MP Shore Patrols in action they were evil.
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A great set of,clips I rather like his style, and what a boat.
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Vodka is part of the fabric of the boat and beer there will undoubtedly be some on board somewhere.
The two very pretty boats submitted above both have one major difference to Emily is they both have
a coach roof, Emily has three butterfly hatches.
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It'll be there the inside may not be finished but we will have cooking and water and bunks. What else could
one possibly need. Oh and engines and steering.
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CMBooth that is a very pretty boat, I love the rig Emily has a 10' mast but we haven't devised a sail plan yet.
So Emily is now ensconced in her new home in Lowestoft, a plan has been worked out and work has begun
The first photo is of the huge transporter which placed he in her place
The second is her galley taking shape
Third is her in her temporary birth. The bottom right of the picture show the two BMC 1.5 s' awaiting fitting. The new couplings are fitted and aligned so the engines should not be far behind. In the roof of the building is the original electric hoist from the Brooke ship building days, it is still operational although reduced to 20 tons now.
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The Waveney somewhere around WRC ?
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I too saw them on the Ant. Very impressive.
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No 1 Ready to be loaded on to the Martham trailer with all he accoutrements on he aft deck. It shows her size when you consider the dinghy is 9' and sits comfortably within the aft cockpit.
No 2 The shafts and props roped on and the rudder tied over. The engines aren't fitted yet so the shafts inner ends are not attached.
No 3 Here she is on the Martham trailer awaiting transfer.
No 4 Mid air and almost down.
No 5 Down with the chassis extension out to support her keel
Finally being off loaded at Lowestoft at the old Brooke Marine yard where Robin works his magic.
I must say that GMR is a superb outfit. Not only did he build this piece of kit from the cab chassis up including the Hi Ab
he also designed it all.Apart from that he is one of the most spatially aware people I have ever come across, not only that but very reasonable as well
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There is no castle at LLanfair PG
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Bit late to the party as usual. Further to Griff's posts here we are at the Ribs having been up to New Mills. The upper screens on Lady Christina were a little tight on one of the bridges.
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Of course Martin, just testing to see who is awake.
Thank you for your comments on behalf of Alan. As I found while doing SP
it all helps to drive things along.
Things may get a little sporadic after Tuesday when Emily B goes on her roadtrip to Lowestoft, I don't have any more photos at the moment, between the
illogical Windows 10 and myself I managed to wipe the camera sd card .
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I heard one on Fleet Dyke the Monday after the meet. We were on the moorings just before the Broad, he was moving up and down the bank opposite.
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I will try to Dave, it is a little dependent on Alan remembering to take photos and sending them to me, altoughj I do hope to get down there with my varnish brush at some point.
This is the beginnings of the galley and the saloon looking towards the galley.
Third one is the sink cut out.
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This is looking down the deck from the cockpit. Anyone who wants to have this view will have to attend the Wooden boat show at Beccles in August. This will be her first public showing.
The next photo is an assortment of fittings purchased at the Norfolk boat jumble a couple of years ago.
The next one is the front screens, all designed and made by Alan but before being glazed.
Fourth and last the same fittings polished and ready for fitting.
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I am writing this on behalf of Alan who some of you may have met at the Salhouse meet, he was with me on Star Premiere..
He has been quietly beavering away on his project for a few years now at Martham Boat Development. The time has come to step up a gear so he is moving the whole kit and caboodle to Lowestoft and Robins yard in part of the old Brooke marine sheds. Robin is a very accomplished boat builder and he has a marine engineer on site to cope with bits he cannot do himself.like engine fitting.
Alan has two reconditioned BMC i.5 engines with reconditioned Borg Warner velvet drive gearboxes. Everything on these engines has been replaced with new or reconditioned items water pumps, alternators etc. etc..
Alan has an oldish golden retriever who will be accompanying him on his travels so he has designed a rather unique boarding duck board / parasell (not sure about that spelling).
He has designed and built the windscreens and the canopies. The interior was pretty well stripped and dismantled with piles of wood filling every nook and cranny. When he bought the boat there were piles of timber under the boat, these had been balanced on top in reediness to drag her outside and die a slow death. Alan had seen her whilst working on Star Premiere with me. He stepped in at the last minute and bought her thus maybe saving her from almost certain death.
In my untrained amateur opinion he has a little gem, although at 35' she is not so little. Narrative is a little sparse as I don't seem to have the energy I had when "doing " SP but I have done a bit of varnish at his house and I think maybe I am a good sounding board for ideas, and we do boat jumbles to find age related bits. He has found some amazing pieces along the way.
She eventually have a 10' mast and fly a steady sail which along with her bilge keels should lessen rolling in a seaway, if we ever get on the briny. The 3rd photo is of a chain plate we found at I think Norwich boat jumble ideal for what is needed.
The second photo is of the stem plate, again recycled, it was originally chrome plated and graced Star Premieres bow, the chrome was quite damage and in fact was going to cost more to re chrome than a new S/S piece so with some regrets I let it go , but seeing this end result I feel much better.
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She was in the Martham shed every winter while we were "doing" Star Premiere.
Good luck with all that follows.
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Martin we too are overnighting on Malthouse so see you there.
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You are quite correct Howard, Springsong my old Windboat was destroyed in the fire
that levelled the yard. It was so fierce that a 38' steel cruiser on the slip was buckled
by the heat.
http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Boat_Details&BoatId=2506&BoatHistory=3189
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A good while ago my daughter went for a job at RNLI Pool;e . She was astounded by the salaries
these people were earning and hasn't contributed since. It seems that head office are living off the
backs of the volunteers.
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Morning all
This maybe of interest to some of you. You of course don't have to go by car
you can always drop the weight and listen to the music over the water. In the past
it has been a good evenings entertainment.
I have never tried to post a PDF so I hope this works.
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Back To The Summer Of 1976?...
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He was quite correct when you consider the hulls of the Freshfields boats AKA Richardsons boats at the end of a season, I have been looking for photographic evidence but cannot find any. Moores boats were always immaculate as were Landamores