A sad tale

[Steve Priest]

Try as hard as we might, some boats are too far gone to do anything with and there is no alternative but to scrap them. Unfortunately, this little Woolwich motor is one such boat. We do hope, however, to be able to re-use some parts in the restoration of others.

 

9B6BD2B4-B40F-4920-B316-342F612E1C30 by Steve Priest, on Flickr

 

7996D17F-9521-4C3B-9B1A-B66E67CC1BB0 by Steve Priest, on Flickr

 

 

[zenataomm]

Who am it?

[AMModels]

Who was it, is closer now it seems.

[Paul H]

Is it April 1st again?

No boat is beyond saving by the Brinklow boys!

 

[MtB]

What we can see of it looks in excellent condition!

 

Rather perplexing...

[koukouvagia]

In that case  I reckon Hampton only survived by the skin of its teeth?.

Edited May 24, 2018 by koukouvagia

[BWM]

Surely the stem post would have been worth saving complete? Looks drastic. 

[AMModels]

The foredeck and bulkhead look welded, tbh the cants and a lot of the work just below the cut lines looks new, the ribs/knees end suspiciously just below the gas cut line but dont seem to be gas cut...... also why cut the notch out of the gunnals too? 

 

I dont doubt any assessment made by the chaps at Brinklow but wonder if our legs are being pulled....

[billS]

If Mr Spock went boating...

[Paul H]

1 hour ago, billS said:

If Mr Spock went boating...

Or Janet Street Porter...

[David Mack]

Is this the former Water Rambler?

 

[NB Esk]

I doubt those cuts are to scrap the boat......for some other reason.

[Laurence Hogg]

4 hours ago, Paul H said:

Or Janet Street Porter...

Yes that is it in its second modified form with the bow cut down.

[70liveaboard]

OP. You going to put a bow cabin on it..?

[NB Esk]

7 minutes ago, 70liveaboard said:

OP. You going to put a bow cabin on it..?

Well that's what I was thinking, I've been involved in scrapping boats and it's really not a good idea to have 'em floating while you're doing it.

[NB Esk]

Then there's that lining up frame thingy, at the waterline.....

[alan_fincher]

Nice one Mr Priest.

You have certainly got me at the moment - I really can't work this one out at all.

(Unless you are as good at Photoshop as you are at steelwork - but it doesn't look faked to me....)

[Rose Narrowboats]

The "lining up thingy" looks to me just like a bit of steel tacked on to support a plank to stand on.

 

I can see the sense of cutting bits with the boat afloat next to the bank, where you can get the forklift to it easily to take the scrap away rather than having to handball it out of the dock, and the cost of craning her out would be £****.

 

I could never agree with a GU boat being scrapped though, no matter how bad it was.

Edited May 24, 2018 by Rose Narrowboats

[NB Esk]

True but even scrapping something you try to minimise costs, and those cuts aren't minimising costs.  They're working cuts.

[mark99]

16 hours ago, koukouvagia said:

In that case  I reckon Hampton only survived by the skin of its teeth?.

 

 

I like this picture - it's not staged just a snapshot showing just how much sheer work and effort must go into reformation of a historic.

 

 

[roland elsdon]

I think you have missed the point. That's it after Steve has gas axed off the good bits. What's left floating will be scrapped. The good bits 1980s deck and cants and that bit of 1930s rubbing strake and bow section plus  hatch  will go to the new star class relica that is being built. Is is called Expector confusion. This is a constellation on the dark side of Mercury. ( there have already complaints been made by a lady at Brinklow) 

Expector Confusion a Ricky motor was believed to have been renamed in the 1940s I'm sure someone will come along with more details shortly.

[RLWP]

I'm watching the rebuild of a butty in one of the yards. By the time it's finished it will have lost it's knees, base, bottom 18" of the sides, top foot of the sides and had every rivet hole welded

 

It would be cheaper to build a new hold

 

Richard

[roland elsdon]

I think he is taking off a previously  wholly fabricated set of top ends decks and sides, and replacing possibly with riveting. Those rivets in the first picks look too perfect, the metal is up pitted the guard and stem post are perfect.

like the I can stand in the cut framework.... Lot of effort to make.

[alan_fincher]

36 minutes ago, roland elsdon said:

I think he is taking off a previously  wholly fabricated set of top ends decks and sides, and replacing possibly with riveting. Those rivets in the first picks look too perfect, the metal is up pitted the guard and stem post are perfect.

like the I can stand in the cut framework.... Lot of effort to make.

Yes,

As the photo, (but not Steve's explanation of it!), seems genuine, my best guess is that wshat is being cut off, (or at least most of it), is not of 1930s origin.

I'm not sure I'm expecting to be right though!

(I also think what is tacked to the bows is purely to help support whoever is doing the work).

I'm sure the Brinklow boys are having a big laugh at all of us.

[RLWP]

12 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

 is not of 1930s origin

 

What about what they are fitting?