Staple balls
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 12:14 PM |
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Boat identification.
Just because you lot know everything.
My sister has recently bought a houseboat that she thinks was a lifeboat of some flavour in the past, but doesn't know much about it
otherwise.
My googlefu has almost entirely failed, due to knowing nothing about boats other than the whole "they live in water" thing.
So... what is it?
What I know:
ex-lifeboat (Poss merchant Navy)
Built around 1950
Riveted steel hull
28ft long 9.5ft wide
Called Pyewacket
Petter PH2 two-stroke engine
Engine no: 50148PH2RMR
Boat Reg number: G15928
oh, and it looks like this...
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T66
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 01:02 PM |
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Agreed - looks like a retired ships lifeboat with a homemade wheelhouse. I dont know the make....
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 01:14 PM |
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Yes pretty standard converted ships life boat with a superstructure added.
In the 1950s they were often built in-house by the shipbuilder of the parent vessel.
By the 1960s they were more often being built in GRP
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 01:31 PM |
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I can't hep but my eyes!!!!
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Zagato
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 posted on 13/4/13 at 02:01 PM |
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Ask on YBW.com and you'll get the complete low down on it. I can do it for you but registering is simple... Would look great in bright RNLI
orange
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 02:40 PM |
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Ok at the risk of being mocked...that looks quite cute to me, not that I'm a boat person.
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ReMan
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 02:42 PM |
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Is that the pub in the background?
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Benzine
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 02:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TheGiantTribble
Ok at the risk of being mocked...that looks quite cute to me, not that I'm a boat person.
I think it looks great 
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Staple balls
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 02:58 PM |
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I do believe that is the pub, yes.
thanks zagato, I'll have a poke on there.
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T66
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 04:21 PM |
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Boats are places men go to, when they are bored with their mancave. Also double up rather well as a huffy bed too 
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BenB
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 04:47 PM |
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Pub looks nice. I found this
PYEWACKET 7 Built by Seamaster 23 in 1974 - Length 7 metres (23 feet ) - Beam 3 metres (9 feet 10 inches ) a Diesel Inboard engine with a power of
47HP . Registered with EA Thames Region number G1395 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on 28-May-2011.
on
http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/boat-reg.php?bn=
Which sounds about right to me.
Might be completely wrong. And probably am.
But looking at pictures of Seamaster 23 boats it does look they have previous.
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BenB
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 04:56 PM |
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How recently did she buy it? There's a few other bits + pieces out there!
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Staple balls
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 05:03 PM |
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She got it a few months ago I think, currently being fixed due to being more leaky than a leaky thing on leaky week.
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BenB
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 05:16 PM |
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Arse. Engine code shows it's a PH2RMR which has a stump pulling 16.5Hp on tap. So clearly not the one above. Hohum!
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 05:29 PM |
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I want one - and I don't know why
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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bob
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 09:02 PM |
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I like that little boat that much i'm thinking of phoning my solicitor monday so as to start divorce proceedings with Mrs Bob, or it might just
be the ale....again.
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T66
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 09:14 PM |
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Boats = damp huffy beds that bob....
It's the Jamesons at fault.
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I predict a Riot
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 09:21 PM |
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You're guaranteed two good days when you own a boat.
The day you buy it.
And the day you sell it!!!
Trust me, I've been there.
"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people ". Warren Buffet on Expectation
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jrrsparky
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 09:33 PM |
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Is this your sisters boat last year ?
http://nbluckyduck.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/pyewacket-rides-again.html
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/4/13 at 10:04 PM |
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By the way the Petter PH series were 4 stroke not 2 stroke.
Many memories as a JE of starting these engines and the equivalent Listers by hand during Saturday morning lifeboat checks, it is essential to
use the de-compression lever when starting.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Staple balls
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| posted on 14/4/13 at 12:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jrrsparky
Is this your sisters boat last year ?
http://nbluckyduck.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/pyewacket-rides-again.html
I'd guess so, there can't be that many boats called pyewacket with a shed as a wheelhouse out there.
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