Seagreen
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Reged: 30/07/2005
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Loc: ked myself in the locker again...
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Does anyone know of a big french Tunny Yawl called BICHE which was moored in the Exeter Canal for many years? I heard that she was taken to Faversham for restoration. Does anyone have any news?
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I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
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Timshel
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Reged: 06/01/2006
Posts: 83
Loc: W coast of France
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This one?
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Heard about them when I was up in Lorient a year or so ago...
Brian.
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moodybod
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Reged: 30/12/2005
Posts: 56
Loc: Oxfordshire
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Wow, memories from the past. I sailed and worked on her in the 70's and often wondered what had become of her. Back then she was being run by two partners with a view to charter but money was tight and the jobs list never reduced. She was a powerfull old girl needing 8 people to raise the main but once into her stride would go through anything.
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Horatio
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Reged: 09/07/2001
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Loc: East Coast
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I remember her being around the Orwell quite a lot in the '70s. Does that ring bells with anyone?
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Seagreen
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Yes that's her. Glad to see someone's putting her back together. Looks like a total rebuild, though. I remember her decks being a bit green and soft, almost as bad as the Charlotte Rhodes, last seen by me looking desperate and terminal in Milford Haven.
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"Let Joy be unconfined!"
I'll get her chastity belt keys, then..
http://www.linesquall.co.uk
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Timshel
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Reged: 06/01/2006
Posts: 83
Loc: W coast of France
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Yes, I think you're right about the total rebuild.
I've not seen her, but according to a couple of the lads from Lorient she was ready for the chainsaw!
Hopefully not, eh?
Brian.
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