Towing something different

[MoodySabre]

 

[Fossil]

Is it just me, or does that schooner seem to be anchored, rather than towing?

 

[Robert Wilson]

Parked in what was the garden, I reckon.....

P.S. What a lovely boat - I wonder if she's still afloat and in use?

 

[mjcoon]

Is it just me, or does that schooner seem to be anchored, rather than towing?

Yes, and given the "house" is rather small (Wendy house?), unless the yacht is particularly big, perhaps it is there to prevent surging around that anchor?

 

[Daydream believer]

Shows how small inside these leaky old boats really are, if they need to take the holiday home along for the guests.
Now if that was an AWB

 

[MoodySabre]

I found this "Tidal Wave Disaster, Newfoundland November 1929. Towing a house back from the sea on November 18th, 1929. There was an earthquake out in the Atlantic Ocean on the Grand Banks, off the south coast of Newfoundland that was followed by a tidal wave "
The boat is 116 tons so quite big. Elsewhere it says 126ft long.

 

[Blueboatman]

Being shiplap or clinker built , I reckon it’ll take up ?

 

[mjcoon]

The boat is 116 tons so quite big. Elsewhere it says 126ft long.

I estimate the length of the house as a quarter of that of the yacht, so that would be ~30 feet. So maybe a bit generous for a Wendy house or shed...

 

[Corribee Boy]

Is the house anchored as well?

What type and size of anchor should you use for a 30' house?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Is the house anchored as well?

What type and size of anchor should you use for a 30' house?

Doesn't matter as long as you swallow it!

 

[Frogmogman]

View attachment 122856View attachment 122857

Makes me think of the Quoyle family house in Annie Proulx’s “The shipping news”

 

[Blueboatman]

Makes me think of the Quoyle family house in Annie Proulx’s “The shipping news”

Me too

Quite handy to be able to move your house around the land though , or take it with you ! Versatile stuff , wood frame construction

 

[Iliade]

Moving the Belle Tout Lighthouse

I considered buying the gaffe when the the BBC sold it off cheap after filming Life and Loves of a She-Devil. Almost glad I didn't...

 

[PilotWolf]

Apparently if the volcano collapses there’ll be a few doing that in the south coast UK.

W.

 

[Iliade]

HMG have yet to deny that risk, therefore it cannot be real...

 

[Stemar]

HMG have yet to deny that risk, therefore it cannot be real...

My I refer the honourable gentleman to my tagline?

 

[Robert Wilson]

And what about the Canary Islands - Volcano/lava stream wrecking houses as I type!!

 

[jamie N]

According to this article, this ship was broken up after being damaged by the hurricane Janet in Barbados, September 1955, which is quite sad.