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Eckie
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Posted: 19 May 2007 at 11:26pm |
I have just bought 5383 and she looks very similar. . .I need lots of info to help me restore her. Who do I talk to please?
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dgray
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Hi Eckie,
Congratulations. Have you a photo you can upload? Cheers Edited by dgray |
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Don
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AmelFango
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5383 lying in a barn in Ireland. I am one of Erik's support crew |
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Eckie
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Hello. . .this is a better pic now she has come home. I really need to know what kind of timber was specified in the construction. It is a light weight and a reddish colour. . could it be Meranti, or Niangan ? Sorry but i can't seem to upload the picture. Too large. . . I will when I can. . however I really need to know what type of timber was specified for their construction. It is of light weight and redd in colour. .would it be Meranti or Niangan possibly ? |
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dgray
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Hi,
Send me the picture and I'll upload it for you... email don@rania.co.uk Early BPB craft specified and used African mahogany I believe. I may well be corrected on this but the 63' Whalebacks certainly did as did some Seaplane tenders. Cheers Don |
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AndyS
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What length is she? Which engine has she got fitted. African Mahogany - Khaya Ivorensis. ..but from the picture she looks to be in better shape than many of the projects being carried out. AndyS |
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AndyS
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I saved a planing dinghy in Scotland and then it went down to Southampton with Phil Clabburn. My understanding is that the BMPT then assumed ownership and gave it to someone else, but I am not sure. Maybe Pioneer knows it's whereabouts now. I think that Phil might have had a drawing or two at one stage. Good luck with the restoration. AndyS |
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Pioneer
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Hello AndyS I do not not know what happened to the dingy - but I shall ask around. |
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Pathfinder
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Hi, The planing dingy is a different hull from to the FMD. Plans are under way, time permitting from BMPT.
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AndyS
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For boats numbers 5004 and 5383, are they FMDs or are they PDs? What number was the planing dinghy? AndyS |
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