WAVERLEY at Tynemouth

DUCHESS OF HAMILTON  on the same day.

this is where you have to be confident of your ballasting     not sure i would be

I just read this post :)that artificial boating lake in Tynemouth is where my grandaa's live steam model of his full sized steam drifter was rammed by a large wooden model sailing trawler,capsized and sunk,that was sometime in the late 40's,and my battery powered tin launch (I think it was a Triang?)sank there in 1950, because as an 8year old and, coming from a ship building family I obviously knew everything about boats,so took no notice of the warnings of the old fishermen; like"divn't put that boat in there,th'wattaa's te rough, aa'na, she'll gan doon"well I launched and ,yep ,she sank!when I walked back to where we lived in Cullercoats,me dad "çlipped me lug"for disgracing the family name with bad seamanship  :(maybe that's why I was transported for life to oz in 51) of course the 'tandoori plaza'in Sandýs avatar didn't exist then there was a big building there that was used for dancing before the war,the church steeple(st georges) in the background of the avatar was where I was christened,after all these years I was pleasantly surprised to see the lake still there and still used for boating.
Cheers Col

Col -
I only came down from the Clyde, to work in Smiths Docks in Shields and met up with the wife then and never went back. But when I started at Tynemouth Model club, there was this big Plaza building opposite the lake and after the dances came out, the amusements used to be to chuck the seats into the lake, and us club members had to clear them before we could get on with the steam straight runners on the Sunday -  hooligan Georgies!

G'day Sandy,my grandfather did his time at Denny's then landed a foreman shipwright's position at Swan-Hunters at wallsend,he retired in 1936 and went fishing on the drifters with my great uncles,my uncle Joe built cobles and always said that the yorkeshire boats were too beamy!I wwas born in Auchterarder and my mother always reminded me that I was very lucky not to be born in england like my sister was,I could imagine her friends 'hoyin'chairs in the lake,all geordie hooligans that probably ended up in borstal lol!I did my time building clinker fishing boats under a dutch master shipwright(nowt like a coble though) but in the late 50's wooden boat building wasn't paying ,fibreglass was all the go,so I only build models and several full sized boats over  the years,and now I have the urge to build a paddle steamer(live steam of course) maybe a Tyne tug or an oz river murray side wheeler.
Cheers Col

... I'm kind of happy I wasn't on board in this weather....

Nice weather!

When sailing with the PS Hoentwiel on the lake Constance 3 years ago, came up a storm, so that the PS got some not so nice angle to the water´s surface. But when looking down to the calm and reliable moving crankshaft of her big steam engine, there was a great feeling of security, that this big and heavy powerful heart of the ship only can bring us home to the harbour.
Think, Waverly sailing in rough water must be similar.

Andy

I would like to have a sailin abord the Waverley in such weather

regards Hans

Quote from: scotfriend on September 29, 2011, 04:07:50 AM
I would like to have a sailin abord the Waverley in such weather

regards Hans

I'd be happy to join you Hans ... As long as we stand next to the liferaft!

Great Picture Mick!
Regards
Kim

Quote from: Talisman on September 29, 2011, 06:48:11 AM

Quote from: scotfriend on September 29, 2011, 04:07:50 AM
I would like to have a sailin abord the Waverley in such weather

regards Hans

I'd be happy to join you Hans ... As long as we stand next to the liferaft!

Great Picture Mick!
Regards
Kim

Weigh heigh and up she rises
Have a light meal before you do.
I have only been on a Salty boat once and that was in calm weather, but I have seen 30 ft. waves on the Great Lakes not much fun.
Regards,
Gerald.

Hans & Kim....I have good sea legs...but in weather like that I would be down stairs @ the bar...

...& as Gerald says just eat something light.....like a fresh Vegimite sandwich followed by another  ...... 

Derek ....PS I attempted to post this last night but the system locked up 

I hope everyone likes that picture! I find it quite impressive and inspiring (?) but I can't take credit for it as it's from the front cover of Paddlewheels issue 100... (summer 1985)
inside it says; These remarkable shots were taken by Richard Danielson as Waverley approached Douglas from Garlieston  on 12th april in conditions officially recorded as 'winds Force 7-8, gusting to 9'.
At the time you could order prints of this and/or the rear cover but it was over 20 years ago so I don't know if you still can.
by the way, rear cover shows (presumably)  Waverley in the (as it were) opposite end of the cycle with about 25-30 feet of hull forward, sticking up out of the water.... guess I could scan/photo that too.....