southace
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Reged: 01/03/2005
Posts: 296
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By restoring Gipsy Moth IV and attempting to sailing her around the world again is a big risk, experienced skippers lose yachts and ships never to be seen again, I believe there is some luck involved and by taking this challenge is putting the boat at this risk. Most famous yachts in Australia are maintained my marine tine museums which they maintain and preserve these pieces of history in floating docks or undercover on the hard. This is my opinion and all welcome to comment. My opinion would be to spend the money restoring her and then maintain her to high standards in a museum where she will be safe and not lost to the cruel oceans forever. I enjoyed visiting Gipsy Moth IV while visiting UK while on holidays from Australia some 20 yrs ago those imageries are still planted in my head. these images should be aloud for others to experience so if she was lost we would only have photos and books to remember this marvelous piece of history.
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andy_wilson
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Reged: 16/05/2001
Posts: 2704
Loc: S. Yorkshire / Devon
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Why should Chichester be the only one to enjoy memories of her?
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PARSONSHEATH
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Reged: 07/07/2003
Posts: 2180
Loc: Essex
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If you go through earlier posts on this site you will find a lot of emotion over the best way to deal with this problem.
My own view was that it was a hell of a lot of money, but the boat is inspirational, float it round the world and people will see it in the flesh, as a live object, just to let it rot in concrete somewhere is a sad and awful end.
In this day and age we can pass film of the new voyages round to the maritime museums, not just Gypsy Moth, but all those boats that inspired us all at different times over the last 50 years or so!
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Norman_E
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Reged: 15/03/2005
Posts: 5151
Loc: East Sussex (near Kent border)
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There is always risk in ocean sailing, but boats like Gypsy Moth belong in the sea. I saw her too long in her concrete coffin at Greenwich, and can only applaud those who saved her from it to sail again. Occasionally the sea claims a yacht, but surely far better to take that chance, and to give a wonderful sailing opportunity to so many, than to see this historic boat continue to rot.
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