Who bought the vessel "VASSAL"?

[Mcbarty]

We are looking for John Smith who posted here some years back about his father who was a lighter man called Fred Smith.

We have just bought Vassal and plan to restore her down in Suffolk. He might like to get in touch.

[Lockie Junior]

There was a ex Thames tug called Vassell (though in the pictures it shows it as Vassal on the life-ring) recently for sale on Alan Pease's website, that seems to fit your specifications. Only a bare (and I do mean bare) hull left. Good luck to Mcbarty if it's the same one, it looks like it has a lot of potential to be a lovely tug.

 

http://www.alanpease.co.uk/boatsforsale.htm

Fairly near the bottom of the linked page.

 

Regards,

Lockie.

[flatplane8]

We are looking for John Smith who posted here some years back about his father who was a lighter man called Fred Smith.

We have just bought Vassal and plan to restore her down in Suffolk. He might like to get in touch.

If that's the one on Alan Pease's site it's a lovely looking hull. I've wondered about it as a project boat myself, but I need to focus on the last 10% of ours.

 

Whereabouts in Suffolk will you restore her, any engine ideas yet?