Burn it, Saw it or Sell it

[Romeo]

Burn it, Saw it or Sell it?

I am starting to get hints from Juliet that the number of boats in front of the house needs to be reduced. The obvious candidate is our old rowing boat: 12' Mahogany boat build by Wrights of Ipswich in 1965. She has not been in the water since January, after which she was displaced by a splendid larch on oak boat built by Mr Adrian Morgan of hereabouts.

The old boat had cracked ribs at the turn of her bilge. She took in a bit of water when she had three on board, and has opened up further over the summer. He keel is a bit hogged. In short we took the view that repair was not economical, and her time had come.

My intention was to saw her in half and make her into a two seat arbour in the Garden. Juliet is not overly keen on this option, and as with many things there is a good chance that I will never get round to it.

I am inspired by a story of a sailor down here in the 1890s, who got a real fright when out for a sail in "Teal" in gusty conditions. When sailing back he did not turn to port into the harbour but went straight on to run her up on the beach, and came back when the tide went out and torched her. The rowing boat would I am sure make a magnificent sight in flames.

Doing anything with e bay is also something that I am not good at getting round to. This town is very keen on its "Britain in Bloom" record, and if you leave a boat lying around there is a good chance that some one will fill it with earth and bedding plants. Such a fate would certainly split this boat open and give her a very undignified end. So Classic Boaters, what to do?? (and don't tell me that I should do her up. I already have two other clinker built boats, which is enough work for anyone.)

 

[penfold]

Viking funeral does it for me.

 

[fergie_mac66]

yep

Viking funeral does it for me.

tell Juliet to use it for you !

edit: in a few years you got to hope

 

[old_salt]

Put a "she is free add" to any one interested in the for sale section and some one will take her on forsure.
You may have done enough already in just letting peeps know.
Good luck if she is worth saving I hope someone takes her on.

 

[monkey_trousers]

if I could get her here I'd take her on. I'm looking for something to work on in the shed over the winter to be a suitable tender for Pansy when the time comes

 

[Romeo]

Free to a good home

She was a very nice rowing boat. Dad, in his 70's would take her for a row round the Rock with my Mum. About 7 miles. She was fine in a sea and a good stable platform for fishing. When I was wee, my job was often to jump from the yacht onto the anchored rowing boat as we sailed past. I don't recall anyone ever slowing down much to help with this process, so she must be pretty stable and predictable. Anyway time moves on, and anyone who wants her should understand from the above that she is fairly far gone (otherwise we would not have had a new boat built, we only do that every 40 years or so)... but possibly usable by someone that has more time and skill than sense. So yes, free to a good home, provided she is collected in the next few weeks.

Once it starts to get cold, and my firewood runs out.....

I am on the South Side of the Firth of Forth.

R

 

[Lakesailor]

Get it on ebay. Half an hour at the computer. 7 days and it's gone. It'll either be someone who thinks it'll be a day's work or someone who is realistic.
Either way it's off your hands and no more hassle. It may become someone's pride and joy.

 

[Even Chance]

Its just what Im looking for at the moment, but theres nothing like it waaaay up here. Such a shame. She could be fixed up into such a nice wee boat. Ive been looking at boats that would make you wonder why they werent burnt 20 years ago with a view to repairing them!

 

[Romeo]

I was waaaaay up there (Keiss) about a month ago, but hayho. Plenty of interesting 20' clinker double enders lying about at various harbours.

 

[Even Chance]

Aye, theyre probably Stroma Yole's youve seen. I was thinking about doing one of them up and giving it a sailing rig and a small cabin to overnight in. Its still in the back of my mind yet! I bought an E-Boat a few years ago, and its doing the same job, just a wee bit faster!

Im looking for a wee rowing boat or similar, around the 12 foot mark that I can keep in the garage on a trailer and take it out every now and again on the lochs or even the sea when its calm. I will fit it with a nice sailing rig like a dipping lug or similar.

If I cant find something I will probably build a clinker one myself eventually. My old mans from Shetland, so the Shetland model has already been studied with a view to making one.