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MartinR:
(OT)  I know just what you mean Pete.  My first year at Durham I was in rooms at the top of the Castle Great Hall and the oak roof beams there had been under cover in a warm dry environment for about 8 centuries.  Hard as granite.  There was no way nails (or drawing pins) would penetrate them, BlueTak was the only option.

pete.mason:
i tried to install beer on her, ribs were too hard to drill through  (8mm hole) to run the pipes and the masonary nails on the cable clips just buckled ;D

Archi93:

--- Quote from: Pete on October 19, 2020, 08:29:54 AM ---There was a very early wooden one at Borstal Marina in the 70's, no idea if it is still there.

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Yes it was LV16 Inner Dowsing. Still seems to be there. Now a hotel by look of web site
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/131/light-vessel-16-inner-dowsing
You are right it was a wooden one. We had a staff Christmas meal on it years ago. The deck we were on was a wooden deck slightly curving from one end to the other with a dip in the middle.

pete.mason:
There was a very early wooden one at Borstal Marina in the 70's, no idea if it is still there.

Archi93:

--- Quote from: stuartwaters on December 22, 2019, 12:57:54 PM ---Yes, ex Trinity House Light Vessel 21. She was there for a while, but after a spat with Medway Council, she was moved to Gravesend.

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LV 21 was indeed moored at Gillingham Pier for a while as a floating arts and culture centre. We went to a gig on board her on 21st January 2012, when these photos were taken
We had a real treat as we left the gig. They switched on the powerful lights as it would have been on the light vessel when she was in active service.
LV 21 was used as a Light Vessel on East Goodwin sands, Varne Station off of Dover and Channel station. One photo was taken below deck, preparing for the gig, organised by local events group TEA. Two show the external lights. The other shows Darren Hayman playing a ships piano, which has only 6 octaves instead of 7 or 8, so that it can be taken onto a ship via the small hatches on deck.

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