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Hi, Please can anybody tell me anything about my boat ,I have put some pics on my profile for anybody to see, the vessel used o be on the thames from 1978 to 2014 so can you recognise it and any history will be very valuable to me,cheers.:)
 
She was delivered to Southampton on the deck of a cargo vessel along with several others. She was winched into the water and driven around by me to Fairey Yacht Harbours (Now Hamble Point Marina) where she was sold by (I think) C Kip Marine of Scotland who maintained a sales office there.
She lived for quite a while on a swinging mooring half way up the Hamble before being brought on to the Thames by (I think) John Butterfield, now deceased. Sorry I have no dates.
 
byron said:
Yes! My post referred to Valiant. Singapore Girl belonged to a young couple (well we were all young then) who I believe owned a property on Rod Eyot at Henley.
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The photos are of Singapore Girl, she was at Rod Eyot up to last year with a for sale sign, saw her out at Wargrave over the winter.
 
Hi byron, Thank you very much for your info about VALIANT ,the other vessel SINGAPORE GIRL was for comparison to our vessel as it is the only other we have seen we are trying to get the vessel right as the last owner made changes and so we are trying to get things right again ,we cannot use the vessel yet as we have to clean up the helm/ saloon and bright work also wiring jobs. If you could say how the vessel handled it would be very useful to us ,its lying at birdham pool chichester ,we can trace the history back to 1986 owner Mr D J Searle of Tewkesbury vessel at upton on severn marina but before this nothing until your info 1978 at Southampton .There does not seem to be any info on this type of vessel ,plans, wiring diagram ,layout ,operating specifications ,any advice and knowledge would be very welcome .Thank you all for your support in this,Dave
 
Valiant was one of many imported by C Kip Marine and marketed as CKips. They were built in Taiwan under very strange circumstances. Basically the hull & superstructure were placed in a villagers 'garden' and assembled by the family. Mum, Dad, Granny, the kids all involved. On completion they were shipped world wide and were very popular as they were half the price of a Grand Banks. The proud new owners then spent the next few years replacing fittings and screws that were of poor quality. Indeed screws that should have been stainless were just rotting away.
Having said all that they were a lot of boat for the money.
 
byron said:
Valiant was one of many imported by C Kip Marine and marketed as CKips. They were built in Taiwan under very strange circumstances. Basically the hull & superstructure were placed in a villagers 'garden' and assembled by the family. Mum, Dad, Granny, the kids all involved. On completion they were shipped world wide and were very popular as they were half the price of a Grand Banks. The proud new owners then spent the next few years replacing fittings and screws that were of poor quality. Indeed screws that should have been stainless were just rotting away.
Having said all that they were a lot of boat for the money.
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Incredible but true re the fitting out!
Thats the story I was told as well,which is why most had unique beautiful intricate carvings on an interior door or panel which was personnel and meant something to the people who built them.
C kip,Trader,Puget Sound,Chein Hwa,Eurobanker,different names,same hull and superstructure,slightly differences inside and out.
My friend had a 34' Chein Hwa,eventually gave up with it and sold it,the teak care just got too much for him.
All screws in the teak decking were steel,lowest part of the deck,water had been seeping in for years,rotted the balsa
core and rotted out top of a bulkhead.Mild steel tanks were shot,had to take one out,lived with the others,think there were 3 all linked for long range.Also had a tiller that fitted onto the steering in the rear lazarette,belt and braces get you home technology!
Very popular in America,there is a trawler owners club who's flag is a tortoise as they ain't quick but will always get you to where you want to go.Roomy go anywhere boats that should be more popular than they are now that fuel ain't 20p a ltr!
But you have to like varnishing:)
 
And if you want to know what the teak can look like,look out for an Eagle 32 based at Temple I think,Wow! It's like antique polished furniture,alot of man hours and simply stunning,if varnishing floats your boat:)
 
Hi Byron, Thank you for this info ,I understand you did not go fare in the boat but do you remember if it was sea kindly or rolled badly the reason I ask is that the last owner had a 150 gal plastic fuel tank placed aft of the gearbox center line under the 2nd engine room hatch because the starboard metal fuel tank leaked and as I looked at where it is I cannot see how to remove it .
 
littleredmonkey said:
Hi Byron, Thank you for this info ,I understand you did not go fare in the boat but do you remember if it was sea kindly or rolled badly the reason I ask is that the last owner had a 150 gal plastic fuel tank placed aft of the gearbox center line under the 2nd engine room hatch because the starboard metal fuel tank leaked and as I looked at where it is I cannot see how to remove it .
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I just took it a few miles in sheltered waters and merely drove it. I didn't even use the facilities having taken a flask with me. Also you have to think this was a lifetime ago, I can't even remember the name of the bloke who ran the sales office.
 
You will have to angle grind and hacksaw it out in pieces.
Horrible,dirty inaccessible job.
That's why it hasn't been removed!
 
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