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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:12:54 GMT
Faffer mentioned the rather nice motor yacht at Burnham on crouch being on eBay for £25k. It would make a perfect club-ship for Thunderboat. Plenty of space for the members to get away from each other/their women etc. Below deck private rooms for "ladies and gentlemen activities" or ladies and ladies or gentlemen and gentlemen. We have some poofs on here but not sure about the dykes? Anyway. Something for everyone - portholes, windows, outside terrace decks to sip cheap lager or mature single malt and watch the boats. There is a bridge and two big prop shafts and props. Maybe it even has engines in it. What's not to like? The elephant in the room is "How do we make it float?" What do we think? Biggest problem I can see is if there are similar portholes on the starboard side it's going to be a ballache to pump it out. Pics to follow Current state How it looked when floating. Is this one for a crowd funder appeal?
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 8, 2017 17:22:25 GMT
It fell over in March, that's a long time ago, everything inside will be scrap. I bet the owner is regretting letting that happen.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:24:10 GMT
It fell over in March, that's a long time ago, everything inside will be scrap. Perfect for thunderboat then? A ship of chip shouldered sweaty/sweary bigoted weirdos wasn't it? And a cesspit of god's mistakes. Just get it floating and job done !
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:25:23 GMT
It fell over in March, that's a long time ago, everything inside will be scrap. I bet the owner is regretting letting that happen. I'd bet he prioritised a woman over a boat
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:33:21 GMT
There are other people living on boats and on land around there who know their way around boats . I assume the boat was simply abandoned and nobody did anything instead they just watched it lean over more and more until it keeled over. Must have taken quite a while. Or maybe some flotsam got jammed under it and just tipped it over rather than it settling into the mud as usual.
Does seem to be an odd situation. I would have thought someone would alert the owner if possible once there is an indication of problems.
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Post by lollygagger on Dec 8, 2017 17:46:44 GMT
It must have been quite a thing in it's day but now it looks like a bottomless pit. If the deal was "it's yours and here £100k to get you started" I still wouldn't. That would take the rest of my life and I'd rather sit about eating cake.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:48:37 GMT
A bit of googling throws up this
Motor Motor Yacht Llys Helig Shipbldg & Shipg Ree vol 20 no 24 Dec 14 1922 pp 697 700 4 figs Built by John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd Southampton Eng fitted with two Kromhout semi Diesel engines length overall 107 ft 6 in breadth 19 ft depth 11 ft 2 in.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 17:53:49 GMT
She was a magnificent boat it would seem.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 18:00:40 GMT
Not sure its the same boat to be fair the bows look different and I don't think the one on its side is that old although the eBay ad says 1922 which would be correct.
Ah I see now. Owner bought a scrap motor yacht which was pretending to be an important 1920s thornycroft (given same name and looked a bit similar) when in fact it was a 1960s pile of aluminium junk made for a moderately wealthy scumbag fraudster who ended up in jail.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 18:01:36 GMT
Well, the engines are fucked, laying in that water. All you've got is a steel shell. If it is sound, then, yes, it can be used. It would be a huge project to arrange that kind of thing, let's say as a TB 'club boat' (which we don't even want anyway - or do we?). With 20 TBers working on that thing for, say, 5 years.... what a nightmare.... each person would have a different idea as to how it should go. And then everyone would resent it at the end - everyone wants their own boat, on which you can do as you like, and you can do anything to it you like without having to ask others "Is it OK?" or having endless committee meetings. I do see a potential, though, it could be a fun thing to have a go at. Could be used for trips to New York and round the coast of Norway? You could even visit Himanka in it!! (it's where live). Yes, we are beside the sea. Got my tongue out of my cheek now
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Post by faffer on Dec 8, 2017 19:02:22 GMT
Well its better than the 50 odd footer for £25 that i and Patty mentioned as a club boat. I would be well up for it and enjoy coming down once a month for a long weekend to work on it. So i would be in for a club boat. To refloat it, as before mentiond Bloody costly to hire it for a day, but we could make a floating gantry In reality though i havnt a clue....yet. go in and seal what can be done, pump out and masssive air bags to get a lift to start.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 19:16:34 GMT
Its normally bad luck to rename boats. That's probably why this one sank because the name (found by googling sunk yacht burnham on crouch) does not seem to be the original name of this vessel. Or maybe there were more than one boat with that name (not unusual with yachts).
It would be pertinent to trace its background properly and find out what its real name is (if possible) and call it that. There must be some sort of indication of who built it.
I reckon its Italian.
Maybe it could be called
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Post by faffer on Dec 8, 2017 19:31:26 GMT
Its normally bad luck to rename boats. That's probably why this one sank because the name (found by googling sunk yacht burnham on crouch) does not seem to be the original name of this vessel. Or maybe there were more than one boat with that name (not unusual with yachts). It would be pertinent to trace its background properly and find out what its real name is (if possible) and call it that. There must be some sort of indication of who built it. I reckon its Italian. Maybe it could be called Thunderboat
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2017 19:37:24 GMT
We need bargemast to carry out a quick visual inspection and confirm or deny my suggestion its aluminium. I don't really want to get in there with a magnet but could do so in the interest of the forum if other experts are unsure.
IF it was aluminium it might make the salvage operation quite a lot less complicated as aluminium is about a third of the weight of steel.
And if it turns out to be scrap then aluminium is more valuable than mild steel so that would no doubt help as well.
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Post by faffer on Dec 8, 2017 19:41:26 GMT
I have an idea to raise it but no time as T is telling e off fro thinking about what will never happen.... ill be back
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