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MF[23] - relaunch day {1 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:10 +0000

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Ready or not ... as the wind has dropped 'Emma' is about to be relaunched by the marina's boat lift ...
After that ladder is removed, of course.

MF[23] - relaunch day {2 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:14 +0000

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Manoeuvring the boatlift ... nearly as impressive of the multi-wheel road trailers for moving abnormal loads.

MF[23] - relaunch day {3 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:25:55 +0000

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Yes, It WILL fit, you put Emma here so you can pick her up again.

[note - the nearer pair of wheels are independently steerable]

MF[23] - relaunch day {4 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:25:54 +0000

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Just a couple of minor nudges to the line up ... whilst someone goes aboard to double check that everything is secure for the lift, and then removes the ladder.

MF[23] - relaunch day {5 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:27 +0000

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Having hooked up the strops, the operator is currently checking that everyone is clear before doing a short lift.
see next image for why ...

MF[23] - relaunch day {6 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:13 +0000

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The wooden props are now all on the ground, and we can do the last patches of anti-fouling ...
Oh, should add that the noises they made as they hit the hard ground was quite tuneful and caused a smile or two.

MF[23] - relaunch day {7 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:08 +0000

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[1 of 2] Various tracks from twiddles of the boat hoist [one pair of wheels can be steered independently] - plus Ben's been in a puddle, hence the paw-prints.

MF[23] - relaunch day {8 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:42 +0000

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[2 of 2] Various tracks from twiddles of the boat hoist [one pair of wheels can be steered independently] - plus the drips as the slings have just been pressure washed after the previous launch.

MF[23] - relaunch day {9 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:24 +0000

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Setting off for the dock - the anti-foul that has just been added is almost dry.

MF[23] - relaunch day {10 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:29 +0000

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Heading for the launching dock.

[the puddle is from the previous boat, she was lifted out to have her bottom scrubbed - pressure- washed & brushed - then immediately relaunched, actually it took them very little time but got a lot of water on the hard ...]

MF[23] - relaunch day {11 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:58 +0000

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Boatlift trundling out onto the launching dock ... watched by the owners.
yuck, that water looks 'orrible !

MF[23] - relaunch day {12 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:40 +0000

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Emma's keel has just touched the water in Queen's Dock.

MF[23] - relaunch day {13 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:44 +0000

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Now fully afloat on Queen's Dock and about to be brought up to the ladder for boarding.

The iron oxide staining on the harbour walls is very noticeable as it has been exposed by the outgoing tide dropping the water level.

MF[23] - relaunch day {14 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:27:15 +0000

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Emma approached her berth [1 of 3] as viewed from the hammerhead pontoon.
Ben is watching "his boat" come back ... he wasn't impressed when he walked down the pontoon and Emma wasn't there, having seen her launched a few minutes earlier.

MF[23] - relaunch day {15 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:26:55 +0000

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Emma approached her berth [2 of 3].
Ben is watching "his boat" come back ... he wasn't impressed when he walked down the pontoon and Emma wasn't there, having seen her launched a few minutes earlier.
Note the water in West Strand is relatively clear of the orange muck today.

MF[23] - relaunch day {16 0f 16} 17:Oct:2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:27:00 +0000

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Emma approached her berth [1 of 3] and just beginning the final turn, the white object to the left is a ranging pole as her high bows make sighting the pontoon less than easy.
Ben is watching "his boat" come back ... he wasn't impressed when he walked down the pontoon and Emma wasn't there, having seen her launched a few minutes earlier.

TRV[H] - speeches

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:29:31 +0000

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Anthony C speechifying ref Horden's restoration. I didn't know that he was also very interested in the heritage of industrial steam railways in addition to his day job with the big boy's toys.