IOW ferry

[powerskipper]

Just seen this and thought you might like to see the ferrys when they first started up.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/something-new-in-ferry-boats-at-yarmouth-isle-of

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Just seen this and thought you might like to see the ferrys when they first started up.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/something-new-in-ferry-boats-at-yarmouth-isle-of

Lovely! Thanks for posting.

 

[dragoon]

Thanks for posting. It does have something of the Mr Chumley Warner about it, which made me smile

 

[l'escargot]

And the current ferries still use a similar propulsion system - the Voith Schneider cycloidal drive. The last ones had 4 propellers, one on each corner, the current "Wight Class" are back to two.

 

[Firefly625]

Thanks for posting. It does have something of the Mr Chumley Warner about it, which made me smile

indeed, "Chalk another up for Britain!" ....wonderful

Now, I'm really not that old... however I do remember when the Yarmouth Ferry used to have its summer dock and its winter dock... Summer one being where it is now, winter one being roughly where the large slip way is... anyone else recall...?

 

[lenten]

- the Voith Schneider cycloidal drive.--------- went across the bay of biscay on a boat powered by one of those---never knew the correct name----fishermen used to call them kenwood chefs

 

[RogerRat]

Thanks for posting. It does have something of the Mr Chumley Warner about it, which made me smile

Love it!

And Volvo thought they invented IPS....

Nah, It was Miles Cholmondley Warner and Grayson!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gou1cspUfdY

RR

 

[Latestarter1]

indeed, "Chalk another up for Britain!" ....wonderful

Now, I'm really not that old... however I do remember when the Yarmouth Ferry used to have its summer dock and its winter dock... Summer one being where it is now, winter one being roughly where the large slip way is... anyone else recall...?

Hey Firefly the clue is in the name................Voith Schneider propulsion, invented by Dr Föttinger, all very Germanic, also principals totally different from Volvo IPS.

By the 1930's majority of German tugs and Ferries (Note the plural) in addition the Kriegsmarine had large class of very useful minesweepers in service all using Voith propulsion.

 

[TimBennet]

"Chalk another one up for Britain" in using this entirely Austrian technology.

 

[Firefly625]

Hey Firefly the clue is in the name................Voith Schneider propulsion, invented by Dr Föttinger, all very Germanic, also principals totally different from Volvo IPS.

By the 1930's majority of German tugs and Ferries (Note the plural) in addition the Kriegsmarine had large class of very useful minesweepers in service all using Voith propulsion.

back in 1958.......anything German

........."Chalk another one up for Britain!"

 

[Double Vision]

I remember well going on the Lymington towards the end of her service life in 1972. There is an interesting but sad account of her long life on Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Lymington

 

[Dill et Bound]

Brought back a few memories..
Lymington was very easy to pass in the river, it was the Farringford you had to avoid.. Bigger version powered by paddle wheels..
I occasionally crewed for Herbie Rand on his Oxey Bird kept on a river mooring about where the the entrance to the yachhaven is now..
Almost sank us one night..
The river was full of moorings in those days, Berthon Marina had only just opened in late 60s. The skippers of those boats were either lucky, or skillful..And they knew when to blow the horn
Thanks for posting...

 

[RogerRat]

Brought back a few memories..
Lymington was very easy to pass in the river, it was the Farringford you had to avoid.. Bigger version powered by paddle wheels..
I occasionally crewed for Herbie Rand on his Oxey Bird kept on a river mooring about where the the entrance to the yachhaven is now..
Almost sank us one night..
The river was full of moorings in those days, Berthon Marina had only just opened in late 60s. The skippers of those boats were either lucky, or skillful..And they knew when to blow the horn
Thanks for posting...

Hi, excellent nostalgia, but any chance that you can dig up some pics of his 'Oxey Bird'?

Lymington Quay 1900:
http://www.lymington.org/historypic2/884.html


or High St. 1965
http://www.lymington.org/historypic2/888.html


Couldn't find anything on the Oxey Bird only mentions of the old 14' prams.

 

[Dill et Bound]

The Oxey was 16 ft and built locally in clinker construction.... I think Keyhaven and Hurst Castle Sailing clubs raced them as well as LTSC, where I was a member..
Perhaps those clubs archives may yield some pictures..
Herbie Rand was quite a character. He owned a haberdashers in the High Street, opposite Boots..
He smoked a pipe, and his boat was nt the best equipped, but he certainly knew the river and Oxey lake , from which the design got its name...
There were probably 10 or 12 from memory racing in the early 70 s..