Tamarisk1
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I see that old clipper "City of Adelaide" is possibly to be broken up after the negative survey report.
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/04/1342659.htm
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/02/04/1342659.htm
Carrick to be broken up
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Gordonmc
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This is a sad outcome and a great many people will be frustrated because there was a lot of goodwill both in Scotland and in Australia toward the restoration project.
Various schemes were proposed over the years leading to the assumption progress was being made. In reality the opposite was the case.
There was the failed bid for lottery funding. Then interest expressed by the burghers of Adelaide to barge the boat to Australia for restoration (I was told by several "sources" that the barge hired to bring HMS London back from Oz would take Carrick home.)
So a boat older that Cutty Sark, one of the first composite iron framed vessels built, with firm associations with Glasgow, Sunderland and Adelaide will be broken up.
Having had the pleasure of exploring the Carrick when it was the RNVR Clubhouse on the Broomielaw I can't help wondering if this would be allowed to happen in any other country calling itself a maritime nation.
I won't be watching when the chainsaws go in.
Various schemes were proposed over the years leading to the assumption progress was being made. In reality the opposite was the case.
There was the failed bid for lottery funding. Then interest expressed by the burghers of Adelaide to barge the boat to Australia for restoration (I was told by several "sources" that the barge hired to bring HMS London back from Oz would take Carrick home.)
So a boat older that Cutty Sark, one of the first composite iron framed vessels built, with firm associations with Glasgow, Sunderland and Adelaide will be broken up.
Having had the pleasure of exploring the Carrick when it was the RNVR Clubhouse on the Broomielaw I can't help wondering if this would be allowed to happen in any other country calling itself a maritime nation.
I won't be watching when the chainsaws go in.
Tamarisk1
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Yes a very sad end indeed.
She could have done with a lottery grant a decade or more ago.
She could have done with a lottery grant a decade or more ago.
Peterduck
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I am afraid that the situation in Australia is even more depressing. There is no National Lottery to call upon. While public money can always be found to finance football ground improvements for wealthy football clubs, there is never any to be found for maritime history. It just doesn't grab the pollies' attention. In Melbourne, the State government has already tried to close down the tiny Maritime Museum to which they do not contribute one cent. They found a strong electoral protest. We also have to look further down the track to the ongoing 'life' of a restored ship. Even the State Parks of California, who use the 'million dollars' as a unit of currency, have trouble financing the ongoing maintenance of their San Francisco Maritime Museum collection. Every restored or replica ship in Australia has difficulty making ends meet. There is often a 'pass-the-parcel' situation where groups or authorities who have given up trying to maintain a historic ship try to offload it onto some other unsuspecting and eager group. I suspect the 'Kathleen and May' may be in this situation. I think that it may be better to use the limited funds available to properly fund the historic vessels which are in good shape than to spread them ever-thinner in a fruitless pursuit of restoring every hulk.
Peter.
Peter.
Tamarisk1
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Yes I agree whole heartedly.
Problem is she should never have become a rusting hulk.
Problem is she should never have become a rusting hulk.
