LadyPatricia Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 My daughter was walking along the Thames at Shepperton and came across this. A real shame as it was once someone's pride and joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 The thing is, if you could get the thing up, it would probably be a freebie, as nobody will want to lay claim to it. I know it would be in a right mess, but after stripping EVERYTHING out, you have a set of bear mouldings for a project, after a total wash inside and out.of course. Could this be the next project for Alan (Jaws Orca), and Dave?. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Could this be the next project for Alan (Jaws Orca), and Dave?. No..! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Think that was a maybe Neil There again, maybe not! Iain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Posted Tuesday at 11:02 PM · Report postMy daughter was walking along the Thames at Shepperton and came across this. A real shame as it was once someone's pride and joyThere are so many scattered around the Norfolk Broads, aren't there? We always say/think exactly that when we see them.In particular old wooden skeletons like that on the South side of Breydon upstream of Breydon Bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Posted Tuesday at 11:02 PM · Report postMy daughter was walking along the Thames at Shepperton and came across this. A real shame as it was once someone's pride and joyThere are so many scattered around the Norfolk Broads, aren't there? We always say/think exactly that when we see them.In particular old wooden skeletons like that on the South side of Breydon upstream of Breydon Bridge.RE the Breydon skeletons John, i remember when i used to go on the Broads in the 70s, there were considerably more than there are now. I`m sure there are many who think "if only they knew then what they know now, about historic boats".?. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 There were several at the bend of the river before you arrived at Stokesby I remember in the late 70's and a big um too!! Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 It's always sad to see boats in distress, as others have said there are many boats around the broads. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riyadhcrew Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I remember the big boat at Stokesby. Always wondered how it got under the bridges at Yarmouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking23 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 On Winsford flash, Cheshire, in the 70's there were many sunken wooden working narrow boats, when the canal trade lessened, many years earlier, the boats were taken up to the flash and left to rot.Some of the rotting hulls were below the surface, and were a navigation hazzard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellyloo Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Guess i'm a bit odd but I used to like the old car scrap yards (before the pile em high style) and I also think woodies decompose in a most interesting and attractive way. The older and more derilict they get the more photogenic they become.Plastic boats however are a different kettle of herring ....... if sunk in the briney would they make good artificial reefs? Perhaps the only way to dispose of them is to grind them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Perhaps the only way to dispose of them is to grind them up?They won't burn too well, will they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hi John,The boats we have seen on fire or seen the aftermath seem to have burnt reasonably well, there was one at the marina at St Olaves a couple of seasons ago all of the superstructure had been burnt away.RegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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