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Upnor, Thames Sailing Barge
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About this boat
I have had a lifetime love affair with Thames Sailing Barges and this is my first model of one. She is based on a 30" hull from 'Mastman' (Dave Watts}. Launched for the first time today at Cold Knap lake, Barry, South Wales she did everything asked of her.
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Great photography as well, any chance of a video ??? 😉
Details of internals and control???
Cheers, Doug 😎
Cheers,
Nerys
What a beautiful model,you must be very proud of yourself.
She really looks the part on the water.
Excellent job well done.
Martin.
Yes she is named after the villages on the Medway. I lived in Lower Upnor for some years. We moved there when I was sixteen and on the first day I was delighted to look out of my bedroom window and see two loaded barges coming down Chatham Reach. That was in the late 40's. I sailed and raced from the Medway Yacht Club at Upnor so know the river well. The mudbanks are no problem unless you try sailing into the drying out creeks, of which there are many, on a falling tide.
Hope you bringing it to Cold Knap show on Saturday. Would like to see a close up of all the rigging looks complicated.
OoooH! Nasty 😮😭
Funny you should mention her Ropey!
I've been tracking her renovation, here in Germany, since Nerys mentioned her association with the ship. Last I heard the hull was done, she's been refloated, new teak decks fitted and was waiting for her new masts.
Reports are here on the site - somewhere 😉
Update June 2019; back in dry dock having her masts fitted😊 See pics.
Look here for more of the latest pics
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category😛eters_Werft
Hmm! on saving this post the site changes 'colonP' to 😛 !!??🤔
Change it back in your browser address box!
Plan is that next year she will become part of the Schifffahrt Museum display in Hmaburg.
Cheers, Doug 😎
"Peking was launched in February 1911 and left Hamburg for her maiden voyage to Valparaiso in May of the same year. After the outbreak of World War I she was interned at Valparaiso and remained in Chile for the duration of the war. Awarded to the Kingdom of Italy as war reparation she was sold back to her original owners, the Laeisz brothers, in January 1923. She remained in the nitrate trade until traffic through the Panama Canal proved quicker and more economical.
Arethusa II
In 1932, she was sold for £6,250 to Shaftesbury Homes. She was first towed to Greenhithe, renamed Arethusa II and moored alongside the existing Arethusa I. In July 1933, she was moved to a new permanent mooring off Upnor on the River Medway, where she served as a children's home and training school. She was officially "opened" by Prince George on 25 July 1933. During World War II she served in the Royal Navy as HMS Pekin(g?). "
"heard cambria is derelict now"
Apparently SB Cambria WAS almost derelict☹️ but has now been restored and is now active as both museum and training ship 😊
"READ ORL ABAHT IT!!" Here-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SB_Cambria
Pic shows her at Standard Quay, Faversham Creek.
Cheers, Doug 😎
Very nice sailing barge! For my current build, I am trying to determine how I should control the mizzen. I was planning on using a separate servo to control it. Looking at your photos, it looks like you have a line to the rudder and that the mizzen moves with the rudder. Is that the case? Does the boat handle well?
Thank you for time and I appreciate your comments.
Joe
There is little point in putting a servo on the mizzen sheet, the sail area isn't large enough to have any effect on performance. On a real barge the mizzen is used basically as an aid to steering and helps to bring the stern around when tacking and I treat it in the same way on my barges.
However, your barge being a ketch has a bigger mizzen and would benefit from being controlled by a servo.
All the best, Nerys