Hi Tom Good to hear from you. I should have contacted you before. We are very grateful for the info received. It is nice to fill in the missing years. We know Tighnabruaich well as we used to take our caravan to Glendaruel on Cowal every year,and had friends on Bute for a number of years. Canberra was scrapped in 1997 so I can only assume that the lifeboats were changed following her return from the Falklands as she also underwent a refit from a liner to a cruise ship at that time. The pitch pine decks are still in place, but had been covered with grp, although we have cut the side decks out back to the gunnels when widening her in the waist. Unfortunately a lot of this timber was too rotten to salvage although we have managed to keep some to fuel the wood burner which will be installed in the saloon later. I hope you will not be upset at the way she looks in the future, as she will be a liveaboard with cruising potential, and some of the new materials are not in keeping with the tradition. The new wheelhouse windows for instance are upvc double-glazed with leaded lights, courtesy of e-bay, 6 for £50. I am recycling lots of materials from skips that I encounter in my everyday work, including timber, insulation and plywood. I am not sure how we could view the photo, which we would really like to see, as I am dubious about publishing my e-mail address or phone number on the blog. I will have to try to think of a way round it. Once again, thanks for your info. Best regards Nick
Hi Nick and Pam
ReplyDeleteI have found a photo of Midnight Oil on the beach at Tighnabruaich boat yard from 1988 when I found her for sale,
Regards
Tom Crawford
Hi Tom
DeleteGood to hear from you. I should have contacted you before.
We are very grateful for the info received. It is nice to fill in the missing years. We know Tighnabruaich well as we used to take our caravan to Glendaruel on Cowal every year,and had friends on Bute for a number of years.
Canberra was scrapped in 1997 so I can only assume that the lifeboats were changed following her return from the Falklands as she also underwent a refit from a liner to a cruise ship at that time.
The pitch pine decks are still in place, but had been covered with grp, although we have cut the side decks out back to the gunnels when widening her in the waist. Unfortunately a lot of this timber was too rotten to salvage although we have managed to keep some to fuel the wood burner which will be installed in the saloon later.
I hope you will not be upset at the way she looks in the future, as she will be a liveaboard with cruising potential, and some of the new materials are not in keeping with the tradition. The new wheelhouse windows for instance are upvc double-glazed with leaded lights, courtesy of e-bay, 6 for £50. I am recycling lots of materials from skips that I encounter in my everyday work, including timber, insulation and plywood.
I am not sure how we could view the photo, which we would really like to see, as I am dubious about publishing my e-mail address or phone number on the blog. I will have to try to think of a way round it.
Once again, thanks for your info.
Best regards
Nick