Zebu Aground Holyhead

[pvb]

Well, Zebu is going to be scrapped. They're starting by craning the masts off, then will break the rest of it up.

Stricken ship 'set to be dismantled' off Holyhead as bad weather approaches

 

[Gary Fox]

Well, Zebu is going to be scrapped. They're starting by craning the masts off, then will break the rest of it up.

Stricken ship 'set to be dismantled' off Holyhead as bad weather approaches

That was quick! I wonder if Brixham HM is watching..

 

[Gary Fox]

Garbage and misinformation like this really gets my goat.

 

[penfold]

She's rotten as a peach but we're too polite to say so publicly.

 

[pvb]

No doubt the South African owner will find another "project" and get more grants.

 

[penfold]

I hear the PS Ryde is looking for a 'champion', or maybe the Wingfield Castle.

 

[Gary Fox]

I hear the PS Ryde is looking for a 'champion', or maybe the Wingfield Castle.

At least they are British.. A fine historic case for conversion to ecofriendly flux hybrid electro propulsion!
(The Ryde is collapsing into itself quite fast, there won't be anything recognisable in a couple of years. Although I am assured by a local caulkhead engineer that the engines are still in her. They ought to be in a museum.)

 

[penfold]

There's a surfeit of surplus paddlesteamer engines, I'm not sure another set is worth preserving; the engine out of the PS Caledonia(she was scrapped after being gutted by fire in the 1980s) is in a shed at Hollycombe Steam museum.

 

[burgundyben]

At least they are British.. A fine historic case for conversion to ecofriendly flux hybrid electro propulsion!
(The Ryde is collapsing into itself quite fast, there won't be anything recognisable in a couple of years. Although I am assured by a local caulkhead engineer that the engines are still in her. They ought to be in a museum.)

I walked around Ryde a few days back, as you say, she is crumbling fast. An old chum of mine's ex girlfriends father built Island Harbour, it was him that put Medway and Ryde there.

 

[Mark-1]

That was quick! I wonder if Brixham HM is watching..

Probably different situations. I suspect Zebu's insurers are paying. I suspect in Brixham there was no budget for wreck removal.

 

[pvb]

The plot thickens! According to Zebu's Facebook page, the plan is to rescue the ship, starting by removing as much weight as possible. There's also a comment that the owner and his son have medical concerns at home, whatever that means.

Tall Ship Zebu

 

[burgundyben]

I see that Zebu is now declared a wreck having suffered during the storms this week.

 

[pvb]

I see that Zebu is now declared a wreck having suffered during the storms this week.

Yes, their website has details - Official Statement | 21st May 21 – Tall Ship Zebu

 

[JumbleDuck]

Yes, their website has details - Official Statement | 21st May 21 – Tall Ship Zebu

I pity the next ship they get their hands on.

 

[TernVI]

I pity the next ship they get their hands on.

Maybe it's a better fate for an old boat that some idiots do something with it, than slowly rotting somewhere?
There are a lot of obsolete vessels unused and decaying when you look around.

We need to be realistic about what we actually want to preserve.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Maybe it's a better fate for an old boat that some idiots do something with it, than slowly rotting somewhere?

"Slowly rotting away somewhere" sounds like a fair description of the Zebu's final years.

 

[pvb]

"Slowly rotting away somewhere" sounds like a fair description of the Zebu's final years.

Aided by a couple of hundred grand from the tax on the stupid...

 

[chrishscorp]

There are a lot of obsolete vessels unused and decaying when you look around.

We need to be realistic about what we actually want to preserve.

As an Island race we have a long and glorious maritime history, its right we preserve some of it, I agree we do need to be selective, if anyone is passing this one is worth a visit.

Landing craft tank LCT 7074

 

[Gary Fox]

Aided by a couple of hundred grand from the tax on the stupid...

I'm quite curious how all that money got spent on the Zebu. Do the Community Interest type groups have to publish the accounts, I wonder... it doesn't seem to be on the Zebu pages.

 

[pvb]

I'm quite curious how all that money got spent on the Zebu. Do the Community Interest type groups have to publish the accounts, I wonder... it doesn't seem to be on the Zebu pages.

The CIC accounts can be seen on the Companies House website. However, their accounts for the year to Jan 2020 are overdue. Accounts for the year to Jan 2019 don't include the profit and loss account, and show a net liability of £2000. The fixed assets were valued at £1681. Doesn't reveal very much, as you perhaps expected.