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[SailorGreg]

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 


Greg

[Neil]

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 


Greg

 

[Arrow5]

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     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

[Neil]

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     Worth googling for. I`ll check my history.

man verses the elements and nature...……..simply beautiful.

[Arrow5]

Thank you Sailor greg.  Knew you would like it Neil 

[KitS]

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

I've got one in a plastic bag somewhere..... 

[Neil]

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.

[derekwarner]

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.....

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

Derek

[Neil]

 

[SailorGreg]

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.


Greg

[Neil]

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