Dignity123
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I own a 30 ft MFV larch on Oak called Dignity, I have owned her many years origonally in Arbroath but I moved her by lorry to woolwich 1.5. years ago.. not long after Id moved her I started working at sea with Thomsons and continue to do so, 6 months away in winter then 4 away in our summertime. Im back in woolwich now and shes looking jaded, I think its too dry for her here and the person who was going to look after her has faded away so shes left for long periods of time. I have got her running again , fitted new morse cables today and she could motor anywhere.
I have her for sale on Apollo Duck and Gumtree but I am now getting worried in case she does not sell.
The fees are mounting up too.
If the worst came to the worst where in or around the Thames could i take her to be broken up if it came to it, shes a lovely vessel but Im a mechanic to trade and wood work is not my thing plus I am literally never in Uk an ymore. I would be gutted if she got cut up as I used it as a house boat when my girls were young and moved her to London in an attempt to keep her. but things are out of hand now.
My question then is where could I take her to die if worse came to worse?
I asked if I could lift her out at woolwich and take all the huge amount of hardware off her, solid brass portholes, OM352 6 cyclinder merc engine, PRM Gbox, stainless props, new steering gear, 24 volt capstain winch dashboards, rudder set, self steer gyrocompass, auto steer gear, brass nav lights, solid fuel burner, up etc etc. I was going to get a chainsaw a liberate all the goos stuff as Im not a rich man. She also has 3 metric tonnes of lead ingot ballast in her bilges too. I thought I could strip her and burn or skip away the timber but I canot do that either.
Alternatively if anyone knows of a wooden boat charity, or boat school for young people etc that would take her on as a project I would doing that too...I love her but suddenly things have gotten very serious indeed. I go back to sea again for four months in July so my time is not great either.
She was built in Isle of Man in 1964 as a fishing boat , one of 6 but shes the only one left..origonally named Primrose.
Regards and thanks for reading this.
Alan Davidson of Dundee.
Any help advise would be greatly appreciated and please remember she could motor anywhere within reason.
I have her for sale on Apollo Duck and Gumtree but I am now getting worried in case she does not sell.
The fees are mounting up too.
If the worst came to the worst where in or around the Thames could i take her to be broken up if it came to it, shes a lovely vessel but Im a mechanic to trade and wood work is not my thing plus I am literally never in Uk an ymore. I would be gutted if she got cut up as I used it as a house boat when my girls were young and moved her to London in an attempt to keep her. but things are out of hand now.
My question then is where could I take her to die if worse came to worse?
I asked if I could lift her out at woolwich and take all the huge amount of hardware off her, solid brass portholes, OM352 6 cyclinder merc engine, PRM Gbox, stainless props, new steering gear, 24 volt capstain winch dashboards, rudder set, self steer gyrocompass, auto steer gear, brass nav lights, solid fuel burner, up etc etc. I was going to get a chainsaw a liberate all the goos stuff as Im not a rich man. She also has 3 metric tonnes of lead ingot ballast in her bilges too. I thought I could strip her and burn or skip away the timber but I canot do that either.
Alternatively if anyone knows of a wooden boat charity, or boat school for young people etc that would take her on as a project I would doing that too...I love her but suddenly things have gotten very serious indeed. I go back to sea again for four months in July so my time is not great either.
She was built in Isle of Man in 1964 as a fishing boat , one of 6 but shes the only one left..origonally named Primrose.
Regards and thanks for reading this.
Alan Davidson of Dundee.
Any help advise would be greatly appreciated and please remember she could motor anywhere within reason.
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