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Out of Lockdown so no excuse to further delay the deferred maintenance on the two largest yachts of the Auckland Classic Yacht Charitable Trust.

An early morning start for an 0800 hrs lift out for Waitangi.

Mid afternoon we were joined by our younger sister? or is it niece? Thelma 1897

Waitangi 1894 was designed and built by the Robert Logan who emigrated with his family from Greenock in Scotland as a boat builder in 1873.

Family tradition is that he served his apprenticeship building lifeboats for the clipper ships. The best lifeboats used a cold moulded double diagonal monocoque construction that later became the standard construction method of wooden yachts and power boats here from the late 19th C until wood was displaced in the later part of the 20th Century.

Waitangi has a near full length keel and clipper bow and very long overhangs.

Thelma was designed and built by Robert's son Arch, only three years later, and in spite of having a remarkably similar rig and sail area represented a generation change in hull design with spoon bow, cut away keel and much longer waterline length making her much quicker. 

Both boats left NZ in the middle of last century, Thelma during WW2 as a planned draft escape to South America which was cut short when she and her crew were detained in Tahiti, the crew sent back to detention in New Zealand, and Thelma served time as a rest and recreational vessel for the US navy in the Pacific and then in private American ownership on the classic yacht circuit in the Med before being bought back to New Zealand by the Auckland Classic Yacht Charitable for restoration,

Waitangi rerigged  as a ketch left New Zealand in 1949 for a planned trip to the UK, that was aborted after in an epic Trans Tasman crossing of 26 days  that she was rolled, and broke her rudder stock. A Melbourne syndicate purchased her, and undertook a magnificent restoration to her original rig in time for her centenary. As a consequence this syndicate was offered the William Fife designed, and Adelaide 1897 built 60 footer Sayonora for restoration so Waitangi became surplus and was offered to the newly formed  Charitable Trust in Auckland at a very generous discount.   

On the the early morning trip to the boatyard we passed a gaggle of superyachts laid up here awaiting refits, or just awaiting.

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On this day in 2019

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Middlewich Branch SU

Gnomes. More ... err ... British,  compared with their Continental Cousins ...

On 17/05/2020 at 14:53, Tam & Di said:

DSCN2443.jpgLock keeper's garden ornaments on the Marne à la Saône canal...

 

 

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16 hours ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 1988

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Leamington Railway Aqueduct GUBr-Bham

 

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We hired Great Britain on several occasions. On one of the trips we wondered why it was not going too well - we went down the weed hatch to find only two blades on the prop. We then had to return to Braunston from the bottom of Hatton to get a new one put on. It put paid to our intended trip to Stratford so we went to Market Harborough instead.

The boat in the background of the second photo looks like Lindsay when it was beeing hired as a camper from UCC. I tokk a party of scouts on it in October 1976 just as the drought was ending.

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In June 2004 on the R. Meuse Belgium. Ivoz Ramez lock. We were quicker out of the lock but they soon passed us, to keep up between locks we were nearly flat out but never sure the old engine would take it.

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28 minutes ago, Richard T said:

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The boat in the background ... looks like Lindsay when it was beeing hired as a camper from UCC. I took a party of scouts on it in October 1976 just as the drought was ending.

Yes, I was trying to remember boatname. They had a large group, here boarding at UCC, and we shared locks that afternoon

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55 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2019, 

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Lock cottage, Wardle Canal

Compare with #308

 

 

The main difference between the two photos is that in 2019 the cottage is now structural sound and fit for habitation!! The paint on the outside is purely cosmetic and in Maureen Shaws time was hiding a multitude of serious defects. In time the outside will be repainted and all will look prim again. The people of Middlewich area have not helped as whilst the cottage was uncoccupied and the new owners working on it they went in and stripped newly installed wiring and copper pipes etc. Its easy to imply criticism without knowing the full story.

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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:

... that is @Naughty CalII isn't it

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We'll all be there for tea, thanks.

Seats about fifty in the dining room. Three meals per day. Very comfortable ?

Can add whisky to your breakfast porridge, btw

 

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