MY OLD CABIN CRUISER

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   bought an old cabin cruiser about a year ago from grimsby marina and spent last summer working on her , i was told she had a bit of history behind her which made the project all the more appealing ..
Basically i was told she was a double skinned diaganol hardwood hulled MGB  from the second world war , apparentely the guy had done alot of work on the hull and had discovered machine gun bullet holes peppering the woodwork etc .
the reason ive decided to post a message on this forum was a result of seeing the news item regarding MGB 81's restoration and wondered if mines for the same era etc .
If she is , not sure im up to the task to be honest  
any info would be appreciated     cheers rob 

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strawbs67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 February 2010 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote strawbs67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: MY OLD CABIN CRUISER Posted: 10 February 2010 at 2:37pm
	bought an old cabin cruiser about a year ago from grimsby marina and spent last summer working on her , i was told she had a bit of history behind her which made the project all the more appealing .. Basically i was told she was a double skinned diaganol hardwood hulled MGB from the second world war , apparentely the guy had done alot of work on the hull and had discovered machine gun bullet holes peppering the woodwork etc . the reason ive decided to post a message on this forum was a result of seeing the news item regarding MGB 81's restoration and wondered if mines for the same era etc . If she is , not sure im up to the task to be honest any info would be appreciated cheers rob

johnk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25 March 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1355	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnk Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2010 at 2:41pm
	Hi there, Very interesting your post, appreciate difficult and I can't but if you could post any pictures.... Johnk

strawbs67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 February 2010 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote strawbs67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2010 at 4:21pm
	hi ive tried everything to post some images !! changing there format , changing there file size it wont seem to upload tho . any suggestions ?? rob ...

dgray Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 November 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 580	Post Options Post Reply Quote dgray Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 February 2010 at 10:42pm
	Hi Rob, If you want to email me one, I'll be glad to stick it on my web site & post a link for all to see. My email is don@rania.co.uk Regards
	Don Only a number, not even a name. How shall posterity hear of thy fame?

Christian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 June 2005 Location: Gibraltar Status: Offline Points: 775	Post Options Post Reply Quote Christian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 8:30am
	Possibly ex USN?

marksaab Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 February 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 160	Post Options Post Reply Quote marksaab Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:01am
	Bilge keels? Old ship boat? Does she have any lifting eyes inside possibly directly under a hatch? Mark
	Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!"

strawbs67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 February 2010 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote strawbs67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:07pm
	all i know regarding the history is what the previous owner told me , he personally brought it up from clacton on sea to grimsby under the steam of the old Perkins 4236 . He also informed me that it used to have twin Detroit engines in it at one time and there is some mounting brackets inside which im not sure about .. he said they where gun mounts but i guess they could be lifting brackets . Shes 27 ft in length and 9 ft beam or there abouts and of double skinned diagonal hardwood its obvious she was built for speed and is very old .. rob

strawbs67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 February 2010 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote strawbs67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:09pm
	oh and yes shes has bilge keels and judging from the mountings there original fittings ..

marksaab Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 February 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 160	Post Options Post Reply Quote marksaab Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:18pm
	Hi The lifting lugs may look like this
	Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!"

strawbs67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 February 2010 Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote strawbs67 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 February 2010 at 11:54pm
	hi to be honest no the mountings on mine are inside mid ships and not as substantial i need to get more pics on here ...