Norfolk Lifeboats

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3 October 2018 at 20:12 #79209
Tim Cooper
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On a recent holiday in Norfolk we spent a few hours in Wells next to the sea. Walking along the path to the beach there were 3 lifeboats aground in harbour or estuary or mudflats.

Tim
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3 October 2018 at 20:12 #4533
Tim Cooper
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3 October 2018 at 22:01 #79215
neil hp
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yes the one on its own in the first picture is the Lochin based lifeboat the Bernard Matthews, from the independent lifeboat station at Caister on Sea, which now has a new Veljentan Dutch jet drive lifeboat, and in the other picture of the two boats, the one on the left is the old Oakley class lifeboat, and the one on the right is a similar sized Rother class lifeboat………I have a sneaky suspicion that one of them was originally based at Wells, and the other based just along the coast at Sheringham………but I don't know which.
4 October 2018 at 11:45 #79225
Kev.W
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They could have been there for the recent opening of the new lifeboat house, or the arrival of the new 'Shannon' class boat.
4 October 2018 at 13:49 #79228
Dave Milbourn
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Never mind the spelling, that's a very smart craft. I wonder who'll be the first to come up with a model? **LINK**

Dave M
4 October 2018 at 15:31 #79229
Paul T
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Dave

Why wait………….you have the skills, the time and a super chalet to work in, so we will expect the prototype to be sailing in late December.

Paul
4 October 2018 at 15:41 #79231
neil hp
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sorry mate…….got the ju in the wong place Posted by Dave Milbourn on 04/10/2018 13:49:47:

Never mind the spelling, that's a very smart craft. I wonder who'll be the first to come up with a model? **LINK**

Dave M
4 October 2018 at 16:57 #79233
Dave Milbourn
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Paul
No can do, Doc. I've other fish in the fryer which will take up my available time until well past Christmas. Anyway, that RIB-shape cries out for some fairly complex GRP moulding, and I only do wood these days.
Neil
It was enough info to find the website, m'duck.
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4 October 2018 at 17:54 #79236
Paul T
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Dave

Never mind your new job at the chippie.

I think you are over thinking the RIB construction as a couple of lengths of 4in plastic pipe with mitred cuts/joints would soon make the RIB tube.

A model builder of your standing could have this project drawn, built and floating in under a week.

Paul
4 October 2018 at 21:41 #79241
neil hp
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its already been done Paul………you can actually buy the full Valentijn kit from a German manufacturer these days,.takes the drudgery out of making your own.

Edited By neil howard-pritchard on 04/10/2018 21:51:33
4 October 2018 at 22:45 #79242
neil hp
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