Medway Queen paddle steamer.

[oldgit]

Just quick link to MoBoChat about restoration work.Not sure if she ever ventured up the Thames.
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2343497#post2343497

 

[reginaldon]

In '51 sailed aboard her from Herne Bay to Chatham and across to Southend and returned by the same route - Festival of Britain time, My home then was in Cheshire.

 

[byron]

In '51 sailed aboard her from Herne Bay to Chatham and across to Southend and returned by the same route - Festival of Britain time, My home then was in Cheshire.

Strewth! someone who must be as old as me

 

[reginaldon]

Strewth! someone who must be as old as me

Yes, that was after I came out of the Andrew - National Service, I still had to do my reserve time.

 

[byron]

1951 was Festival of Britain (I think) and you had already done 2 years in the Navy? That makes you circa 78 years old.

 

[reginaldon]

1951 was Festival of Britain (I think) and you had already done 2 years in the Navy? That makes you circa 78 years old.

No, 79+

 

[byron]

YEA! Someone older than me and Tony (boat 1)

 

[oldgit]

YEA! Someone older than me and Tony (boat 1)

If you look very carefully on the front of B1s boat you can see the original name of the boat has been overpainted with "Legacy".
Just discernable underneath is .......THE ARK....port of registery Mount Ararat.

 

[mlines]

Just a quick question, whats the difference between restoration and building a replica. By the pictures of the hull "rebuild" it looks like all new construction so is it a replica (with a few original fittings)

 

[reginaldon]

I note on our profiles we all have the same date of birth - 1 Jan 2009 Wow! I wish!

 

[Ubergeekian]

Just a quick question, whats the difference between restoration and building a replica. By the pictures of the hull "rebuild" it looks like all new construction so is it a replica (with a few original fittings)

The original hull was condemned, and they have lottery funding for a replica. It's going to be as close as possible to the original - all riveted construction - with just a few minor modifications. The bad news about that is that, as I understand it, she is very unlikely to get a passenger certificate as a result.

 

[rr_123]

Just a quick question, whats the difference between restoration and building a replica. By the pictures of the hull "rebuild" it looks like all new construction so is it a replica (with a few original fittings)

I recently read that if a boat is rebuilt in the same space it is legally the same boat, even if not a scrap of the original is used.

 

[oldgit]

Just a quick question, whats the difference between restoration and building a replica. By the pictures of the hull "rebuild" it looks like all new construction so is it a replica (with a few original fittings)

The scuttlebut round here is that the owners of the creek that she was lying in,wanted her out at any cost and provided the dosh to get her shifted.When the old girl was moved she broke into three pieces and they got her on the barge and away as best they could.
After so many years of decay there was precious little to reuse.

 

[Nauti Fox]

I remember as a young lad sailing on her between Chatham and Sarfend....in fact one of my earliest memories is of seeing Fred adjusting the Grip Thribley as it got underway.

 

[oldgit]

Fred adjusting the Grip Thribley as it got underway.
you need specsavers......it was a Thrubbing Gristle Flange.