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Springsong
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I spent all week with them I was on the camera support boat, a rather unmanageable 38' boat with two 6 cylinder Perkins Sabres pushing her along. We picked her up up at 3 pm  on Tues having

LizG
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Please everyone since I have a real interest in this topic, can we revert to the actual story and not the politics  I am told that they are using an Arthur Ransome theme to the filming and we all

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What I like about the "Tim & Pru" programs is that they show a couple who have decades of boating experience still able to laugh and accept that their boating skills aren't quite perfect. We

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I spent all week with them I was on the camera support boat, a rather unmanageable 38' boat

with two 6 cylinder Perkins Sabres pushing her along. We picked her up up at 3 pm  on Tues

having never driven a twin screw before I had a rather steep learning curve. I didn't hit anything

all week and to confound all you nay sayers neither  did Timothy, in fact he is a better helm than 

many private helms I have seen on the Broads ( myself included ).

Just to prove it were me here I is in all my glory. Adam and Katie with Tim and Pru, Winsome our 

camera hack  Lady Christina under way and Dave one of the camera men.

All in al a memorable experience. 

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Actually I am rather envious! It is so typical that the wedding do clashed with the filming. There are 52 weeks in a year and it had to be the same. 

PS I did see you waving at St Benet's on Saturday. No doubt you heard us!!!! We got louder....

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25 minutes ago, w-album said:

Actually I am rather envious! It is so typical that the wedding do clashed with the filming. There are 52 weeks in a year and it had to be the same. 

PS I did see you waving at St Benet's on Saturday. No doubt you heard us!!!! We got louder....

I did hear that a couple of stag & hen parties complained about the noise

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Glad you all had a great time :default_beerchug:

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I saw Winsome outside Pedros at Acle and thought it might be something to do with the filming.  I was far too British to come closer and star spot.  :default_biggrin:

I think you must have been  unloading crew.  My eyesight wasn't good enough to work 0ut if Tim and Pru were disembarked.

Beautiful boat.

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We had a pump out and water fill both going and coming. 

Winsome is a very interesting boat she was built in 1927 by Dickies of Bangor for a member of the Duers family of jam fame. They have a house on Anglesey which they still own. The boat lived there somewhere I am not quite sure of the location of the house. During the war she was requisitioned and was a fast patrol boat around the Menai Straights area. She was much prettier in those days with twin masts and a much lower cockpit with a small windscreen with a canvas cover . I will try and find a photo. She is double planked Teak and teak built throughout. She used to have two V8 petrol engines but now has these two 6 cylinder Perkins Sabre diesels. The owner has a huge file with her complete history which I am hoping in the future to have a browse.

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Not with me at the helm she wont, rear view for me is pretty well non existent. A fixed helm seat and a small rear window on the centre line I need two crew on deck especially going backwards, and one stood by an open door

because believe  me working on to of those perkies is very discombobulating.

 

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30 minutes ago, springsong said:

Not with me at the helm she wont, rear view for me is pretty well non existent. A fixed helm seat and a small rear window on the centre line I need two crew on deck especially going backwards, and one stood by an open door

because believe  me working on to of those perkies is very discombobulating.

 

discombobulating? I believe you can get ointment for that can't you?

 

 

Carole

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Didn't winsome sink a few yrs back at brundall gardens if my memory servers me correctly , if its the same boat its a very big well done to its owners they have restored her beautifully . 

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Rick I think you are nearly right. You have just jogged the old grey cells. I am fairly sure Winsome was moored in front of me at BGM 5 years ago.  It didn't sink but the old chap struggled to maintain it.  I think Jon at Wayford collected it and towed it away.  Didn't look anything like it does now.

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31 minutes ago, psychicsurveyor said:

Rick I think you are nearly right. You have just jogged the old grey cells. I am fairly sure Winsome was moored in front of me at BGM 5 years ago.  It didn't sink but the old chap struggled to maintain it.  I think Jon at Wayford collected it and towed it away.  Didn't look anything like it does now.

Yep that's exactly where I ment n yea your boat was there then , it didn't sink completely but it was low enough to have me ring BA to contact the owner as I wasn't sure if he was aware of the situation , its just the name rang a bell as it were then seeing the pics semi convinced me , she sure is looking a 100% better than then and as much as I love wooden boats being a carpenter and boat builder I would , but I'm fully aware of the costs involved in ownership n hence I leave ownership to those with deep pockets :default_beerchug: 

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2 hours ago, psychicsurveyor said:

Rick I think you are nearly right. You have just jogged the old grey cells. I am fairly sure Winsome was moored in front of me at BGM 5 years ago.  It didn't sink but the old chap struggled to maintain it.  I think Jon at Wayford collected it and towed it away.  Didn't look anything like it does now.

Hi Mark, 

Jon did indeed take the boat away, I always liked the curved stern of the boat, it had plenty of potential, I think he picked it up about three years ago, I am sure he posted some pictures of it earlier this year.

Regards

Alan

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