Fally-over houseboat ship project
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megaphone said:
Love to see how this progresses, if anyone gets more info, please post it up here.
It’s interesting to speculate, there are a few scenarios:1. Same thing happens as last time - buyer turns up, realises they have made a huge mistake and welshes on the deal, boat goes back on eBay
2. Dreamer does actually buy it, uses the rest of their savings to get it upright and to a new berth. Runs out of funds at this point and it rots in a new location.
3. Eccentric multi millionaire restores it, uses it for a few years then jumps off the back a la Maxwell when the pension fund deficit becomes apparent.
NickCQ said:
It’s interesting to speculate, there are a few scenarios:
1. Same thing happens as last time - buyer turns up, realises they have made a huge mistake and welshes on the deal, boat goes back on eBay
2. Dreamer does actually buy it, uses the rest of their savings to get it upright and to a new berth. Runs out of funds at this point and it rots in a new location.
3. Eccentric multi millionaire restores it, uses it for a few years then jumps off the back a la Maxwell when the pension fund deficit becomes apparent.
Maldonado DC could save themselves time, money and electoral grief if they just bought it and scrapped it....... rather than waiting for the rinse and repeat cycle of plotless dreamers to play through for five years before they buy it and scrap it1. Same thing happens as last time - buyer turns up, realises they have made a huge mistake and welshes on the deal, boat goes back on eBay
2. Dreamer does actually buy it, uses the rest of their savings to get it upright and to a new berth. Runs out of funds at this point and it rots in a new location.
3. Eccentric multi millionaire restores it, uses it for a few years then jumps off the back a la Maxwell when the pension fund deficit becomes apparent.
Huntsman said:
Begs the question why it needed supports...
You can see it on google maps lying on its side.
I think....if I wanted to take it on, it'd have to come with a dowry.
You can see how big it is on google maps - substantially bigger than the photos make it look. You can see it on google maps lying on its side.
I think....if I wanted to take it on, it'd have to come with a dowry.
I, like others would be fascinated to see what happens next.
https://www.llyshelig.com/
Edit.
Sorry, I didn't see the post immediately above mine!
Edit.
Sorry, I didn't see the post immediately above mine!
Edited by The Mad Monk on Tuesday 18th August 08:41
Wow, she was really quite a thing in her day! Hadn't realised the size:
Latest update yesterday:
Latest update yesterday:
llyshelig.com said:
Llys Helig is getting ready for her first voyage in over 20 years. Nick Barke and his team from Boats.co.uk are removing more weight from the upper decks to give the boat more stability and repairing holes in the hull. She will have a full survey and then she will be made seaworthy ready for her trip to the shipyard.
We have a couple of months to do this work and of course she’ll have to be 100% right before we even think of towing her out into the sea, so she’ll be in Burnham for a few weeks yet.
We have a couple of months to do this work and of course she’ll have to be 100% right before we even think of towing her out into the sea, so she’ll be in Burnham for a few weeks yet.
Huntsman said:
I wonder who is behind ths restoration.
The story on the website states that the new/current owner is Howard Dawber. Unusual surname to Google, it comes back as him being the MD of Canary Wharf Group who own 100 acres of that location. There's a brief tale of how he came to buy it and how they came to raise it, as well as some of the history - built by Thorneycroft in 1922.I'm quite fascinated by this, I'll try and follow the website.
CAPP0 said:
Wow, she was really quite a thing in her day! Hadn't realised the size:
Latest update yesterday:
It says on the website it has been cut down so I don't think its this big anymore?Latest update yesterday:
llyshelig.com said:
Llys Helig is getting ready for her first voyage in over 20 years. Nick Barke and his team from Boats.co.uk are removing more weight from the upper decks to give the boat more stability and repairing holes in the hull. She will have a full survey and then she will be made seaworthy ready for her trip to the shipyard.
We have a couple of months to do this work and of course she’ll have to be 100% right before we even think of towing her out into the sea, so she’ll be in Burnham for a few weeks yet.
We have a couple of months to do this work and of course she’ll have to be 100% right before we even think of towing her out into the sea, so she’ll be in Burnham for a few weeks yet.
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