Recent content by Dick Wynne

In Shoal Waters -- corrected reprint The book's publisher here -- thanks for the kind words about In Shoal Waters. I was mortified to realise that the version which found its way into print fell way short of my usual standard of text -- due in part to the burning of too much midnight oil. The...

Thanks, a nice one but too limited for my purpose. I'm sorted now thanks to Tillergirl, thanks each

Thanks all Thanks to all those who responded here and via PMs, I have located and obtained snaps & info re a number of them, and the book's now going to press. Dick

Does anyone have one or more c100 year-old charts covering the Thames Estuary, ideally from Erith to Lowestoft & Ramsgate, and ideally by Imray, that I could borrow for a day or two? I am based in SE London.

Ha! Thanks - I spoke with Richard Meynell just before you posted (found Lona II in the OGA yearbook), and learned that she can be seen at www.lonaii.it, and in lovely order too.

Monie - smashing, thanks! Be nice to locate a Lona or two. I snapped this in the Walton Backwaters in 2005 - can anyone confirm she's Lona IV? Her hull seems to match the design. Pain Clark was a real artist. http://tinyurl.com/maybe-lona-iv I have tracked down Fidelis in the SW These are...

I've located Monie at Falmouth (I think), and thanks re the Cyclone II Dick

Alright this is a long shot, but does anyone know the current whereabouts (or fate) of these UK vessels / designs? - Designer and approx year given Lona 31ft cutter, J Pain Clark, c1900 (? now Bmdn, on E Coast) Granuaile (a common name!) 33ft LOA cutter, Doyle, Dublin, 1901, for H & C Becher...