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I am not normally into lifeboats. Those I see are invariably of the same two modern types, including the giant jet powered ones that create tsunami that have other boaters rushing to haul them out before being swamped.
Only one lifeboat I am interested in, the classic Liverpool Class that my uncle served on in St Ives. There was a prototype being finalised that I had my name down for, but sadly the firm closed before I could get the first production model.
A fellow club member had brought in his Liverpool Class lifeboat and I was keen to make him an offer. Eventually he agreed to sell it to me. He says it is an old Frog kit made way back, but is it a twin prop Liverpool. Yippee. I now have a long restoration job as it is hand painted (even painting over the whaleback engine housing) and with a few detail parts missing. It needs much of the electrics replaced.
New name will be Edgar George Orlando and Eva Child as per the St Ives boat my uncle served on. She was at St Ives from 1948 to 1968.
Could be a long restoration to get everything right, but I can’t sail at our lake for the duration of this crisis.
I GUESS THAT IS THE END OF THIS THREAD !!!!
