rasc humber class
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Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 5:17pm
Topic: rasc humber class
Posted By: ukstew37
Subject: rasc humber class
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 4:28pm
some time ago i promised to put some pics on of the work id done on my dads rasc , as you can see in the pictures the top cabin as been changed this had been done prior to dad purchasing the boat in 1989 , they have lived on it ever since , in the past we have run her up the humber and round the coast in to great yarmouth , in my last tread i mentioned id replaced 47 external planks and 11 internal in total , and redone all the rubbing boards , we think in her day as a patrol boat she might have been called beam,
 until we started chopping out the rot we did not know the extent off the damage
mam and dad pictured in the photo are on clean up duty there in there late 60"s and they still love the boating life
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 07 July 2009 at 6:24pm
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Hi there,
Many thanks for the update, clearly a well loved and cared for vessel.
Johnk
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Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 11 July 2009 at 11:21am
a few better pics to look over
          AND HERES A FEW PICS OFF HER PLANKED AND PAINTED
      hope you've enjoyed the photos we did put a bit off work into her but the end results were worth it , we only had the dry dock for two weeks ,
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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 11 July 2009 at 11:39am
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Hi there,
Thanks very much for the pics, great job done in only two weeks!
Johnk
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Posted By: Garethep
Date Posted: 11 July 2009 at 4:47pm
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That looks to be a nice job. Out of interest, what engines, gearboxes and props does she have and what performance do you get from them.
Trying to figure out the best setup for HYPERION and its good to see what others are using. Cheers Gareth |
Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 11 July 2009 at 6:53pm
| hi Gareth the engines are Perkins 4236 the gear boxes are 2to1 bougwarners the props i think are 14 by 12 but not sure i will check with my father tomorrow and post |
Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 12 July 2009 at 8:12pm
| hi gareth the gear boxes are 1 to1 straight tough |
Posted By: Garethep
Date Posted: 13 July 2009 at 7:49am
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Thanks,
My figures reckon that that should give you a max speed of about 11-12 knots with 10 being a reasonable cruise. Does this correspond to what you actually see?
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Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 13 July 2009 at 4:19pm
| yes m8 i would say thats about right i do think she tops out at 14 knots |
Posted By: Garethep
Date Posted: 13 July 2009 at 9:47pm
| Cheers, that helps me figure out the right hull form factors nicely. Thanks |
Posted By: clive
Date Posted: 22 July 2009 at 5:01pm
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WoW!
that is an amazing effort for two weeks, hats off to you and all involved,
 ------------- masbie something in the water. www.freewebs.com/masb32/ |
Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 24 July 2009 at 9:58am
| thanks clive we did put the hours in . |
Posted By: marksaab
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 11:47am
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Fantastic work! So good to see a boat come alive again. Interesting work area, didnt you worry about an unexpected sluice event getting your power tools wet! I will try to get up to Newsons, busy most weekends sailing but hopefully later in the year. Well done, great work  ------------- Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!" |
Posted By: Whitelady
Date Posted: 28 July 2009 at 2:14pm
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Mark this one isn't up at newsons its a different one.
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Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 01 July 2010 at 8:06pm
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as the weathers been nice , been sanding cutting out the old joints between the planking on the front deck of my dads boat , that turned out to be a lot of work , i belive the planking to be teak , resealed all the joints stained with teak stain ready for varnish , will post some pics latter this week cheers stew |
Posted By: Magic Fingers
Date Posted: 01 July 2010 at 11:22pm
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Can we get this straight. This isn't a Humber Class boat, it's an Army Rivers Class Fast Launch, one of which is named Humber. If you put mistakes in print often enough you will eventually be believed.
Richard. ------------- If it ain't broke don't fix it! |
Posted By: ukstew37
Date Posted: 02 July 2010 at 11:47am
its the same boat as garth and garth 34 is a rasc , so i believe that to be right sorry about the humber class thing , i do not no if it was called humber " i dont think it was " |
Magic Fingers wrote:Posted By: Magic Fingers
Date Posted: 02 July 2010 at 1:27pm
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Garth is an Army(RASC) Rivers Class Fast Launch. Humber is an Army(RASC) Rivers Class Fast Launch. There are several other survivors, all named after rivers in the UK. Humber is at Newsons Boatyard, Lowestoft in the care of The MTB102 Trust. RASC means Royal Army Service Corp if you don't already know. The RASC operated the Armys' watercraft, sometimes known as the WD Fleet.
Garth is shown as the 34th vessel in a list of the Rivers Class Fast Launches. As far as I know these vessels only displayed their name and not a number. John Cook is using a bit of "poetic licence" by displaying the number 34 on Garth.
Richard. ------------- If it ain't broke don't fix it! |