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SailorGreg

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More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« on: August 17, 2018, 01:03:27 pm »

Some folk here might be interested in a couple of articles in the current issue (September 2018) of Practical Boat Owner. First is Bluebird K3 (note, not K7 which has featured on news bulletins recently - I didn't know there were 2 Bluebird restorations happening). Second is the ex-Whitby lifeboats Mary Ann Hepworth (Watson class) and William Riley (Ruby class). The latter article has quite a lot of detail of hull construction of these boats. Probably worth at least a browsing session in WH Smith  %)


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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 04:08:44 pm »

Some folk here might be interested in a couple of articles in the current issue (September 2018) of Practical Boat Owner. First is Bluebird K3 (note, not K7 which has featured on news bulletins recently - I didn't know there were 2 Bluebird restorations happening). Second is the ex-Whitby lifeboats Mary Ann Hepworth (Watson class) and William Riley (Ruby class). The latter article has quite a lot of detail of hull construction of these boats. Probably worth at least a browsing session in WH Smith  %)


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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2018, 04:36:35 pm »

I googled "K3 restoration" and got a very good article on this with good pictures and a video from a drone.  I`ve forgotten which paper  :embarrassed:   Worth googling for. I`ll check my history.  Found it  from the Daily Mail on line.   www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4922052/Bluebird-K3-flies-painstaking-restoration.html
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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2018, 05:01:04 pm »

I googled "K3 restoration" and got a very good article on this with good pictures and a video from a drone.  I`ve forgotten which paper  :embarrassed:   Worth googling for. I`ll check my history.



man verses the elements and nature...……..simply beautiful. O0 :-))
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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2018, 05:02:35 pm »

Thank you Sailor :-)) greg.  Knew you would like it Neil  :-)) :-))
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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2018, 05:59:18 pm »

That's the Bluebird that George Turner did as a vacform/resin kit.

I've got one in a plastic bag somewhere.....  ok2
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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2018, 11:09:44 pm »

Thank you Sailor :-)) greg.  Knew you would like it Neil  :-)) :-))



yes indeed, Duncan..….as a kid growing up in the era of land and water speed records, it was very exciting, and was nice wen you could buy a corgi[or was it dinky] bluebird car...…….sadly they never made I floating bluebird.
I had the great experience in 1977 when in Australia, going wth mates to see Ken Warby and his world water speed boat Spirit of Australia 2 going through trials and her paces on Blowering Dam, NSW, Where the next year he set a new world record, which still stands today....sadly I was home by then.
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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2018, 11:39:21 pm »

Hullo Neil......yes Ken Warby ...

Earlier in his life he was the Sales Manager for the Division of Warburton & Franki....that imported Makita power tools into Australia....long before Makita themselves set up an office

[In those days, we only had Skill, B&D, Bosch & Wolf....with a sprinkling of Fein & Scintilla which Swiss made Bosch........then the people @ W&F considered this Japanese brand....Makita had a huge range of power tools including woodworking power tools that were within the $ reach of the general public]

Ken was a big guy with a big voice, and naturally the subject of every meeting turned out toward his jetboat The Spirit of Australia.....O0

[Sales of Makita power tools also skyrocketed beyond all expectations %) for many years]

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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2018, 12:18:44 am »

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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2018, 10:25:42 am »

I thought you would have given us chapter and verse on the two lifeboats by now Neil.  :}   Both of them are now afloat and in fine fettle.


K3 is on display at the Filching Manor Museum near Eastbourne (BN26 5QA) if anyone fancies a day out, and they have an interesting website on the boat here.


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Re: More Bluebird and lifeboat restorations
« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2018, 01:07:53 pm »


I thought you would have given us chapter and verse on the two lifeboats by now Neil.  :}   



K3 is on display at the Filching Manor Museum near Eastbourne (BN26 5QA) if anyone fancies a day out, and they have an interesting website on the boat here.


Greg



I don't know what you mean Greg %% %) :o
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