MY OLD CABIN CRUISER
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Topic: MY OLD CABIN CRUISER
Posted By: strawbs67
Subject: MY OLD CABIN CRUISER
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 2:37pm
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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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Posted By: johnk
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 2:41pm
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Hi there,
Very interesting your post, appreciate difficult and I can't but if you could post any pictures....
Johnk
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Posted By: strawbs67
Date 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 ...
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Posted By: dgray
Date Posted: 10 February 2010 at 10:42pm
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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? |
Posted By: Christian
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 8:30am
Possibly ex USN?
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Posted By: marksaab
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 10:01am
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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!" |
Posted By: strawbs67
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:07pm
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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
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Posted By: strawbs67
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:09pm
| oh and yes shes has bilge keels and judging from the mountings there original fittings .. |
Posted By: marksaab
Date Posted: 11 February 2010 at 2:18pm
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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!" |
Posted By: strawbs67
Date 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 ... |
Posted By: strawbs67
Date Posted: 12 February 2010 at 12:00am
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Posted By: strawbs67
Date Posted: 14 February 2010 at 3:18pm
| any more ideas anyone ? ;0) |