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  • Paul Pless
    pinko commie tree hugger
    • Oct 2003
    • 124805

    how many of these did there used to be

    and now only one remains

    Steam_Drifter_Lydia_Eva.jpg
    Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
  • isla
    Isla Woodcraft
    • Aug 2008
    • 12229

    #2
    Re: how many of these did there used to be

    Just for info. Hopeman, on the Moray Firth, is one of my local harbours.

    Structures without reference to geometry tend toward the ramshackle

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    • amish rob
      Emperor For Life
      • Mar 2010
      • 24273

      #3
      Re: how many of these did there used to be

      Well, there for sure used to be two.

      Peace,
      Helpy Helperton

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      • Andrew Craig-Bennett
        Who?
        • Aug 1999
        • 28484

        #4
        Re: how many of these did there used to be

        There were lots.

        As a postgraduate student of marine biology at Cambridge, my late father had a falling out with the skipper of the research vessel, over what the weather was going to do and the attractions of staying in the pub, so he got himself a Fishing Vessel Master's Certificate and used it to supplement his very meagre income (he told me he once spent ten days in the Lowestoft Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen on 2s 9d) by delivering surplus steam drifters to Portugal.
        IMAGINES VEL NON FUERINT

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        • Peerie Maa
          Old Grey Inquisitive One
          • Oct 2008
          • 62422

          #5
          Re: how many of these did there used to be

          If you can find a copy of this book


          Buy it. It sets out the story of building one, from felling the trees, to sea trials. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tree-Sea-Bu.../dp/0861380339
          It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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          • downthecreek
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2008
            • 4072

            #6
            Re: how many of these did there used to be

            Originally posted by Peerie Maa
            If you can find a copy of this book

            Buy it. It sets out the story of building one, from felling the trees, to sea trials. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tree-Sea-Bu.../dp/0861380339
            I don't suppose you know where Ted Frost was apprenticed? The reason I ask is that Frost is a well known name in my neck of the woods - and old fishing, yachting and shipwrighting family.
            "Mozart is the heart's touchstone" (Edwin Fischer)

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            • Peerie Maa
              Old Grey Inquisitive One
              • Oct 2008
              • 62422

              #7
              Re: how many of these did there used to be

              Originally posted by downthecreek
              I don't suppose you know where Ted Frost was apprenticed? The reason I ask is that Frost is a well known name in my neck of the woods - and old fishing, yachting and shipwrighting family.
              He was working at Lowestoft when this drifter was in build. The yard was on the north bank of Lake Lothing.
              It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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              • Paul Pless
                pinko commie tree hugger
                • Oct 2003
                • 124805

                #8
                Re: how many of these did there used to be

                found this, cool title page



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                STEAM

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                Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.

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                • john welsford
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2002
                  • 7752

                  #9
                  Re: how many of these did there used to be

                  Originally posted by Peerie Maa
                  If you can find a copy of this book


                  Buy it. It sets out the story of building one, from felling the trees, to sea trials. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tree-Sea-Bu.../dp/0861380339
                  Superb book. Yes, buy it and read it.

                  John Welsford
                  An expert is but a beginner with experience.

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                  • robm
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 3410

                    #10
                    Re: how many of these did there used to be

                    I suspect my grandfather sailed in one or more of those. The story is he started fishing in a lugger, but given how much he knew about steam by the time he gave it up and emigrated to Canada where he became a millwright, he probably spent a few years in a steam drifter. I wonder if any sailed out of Stornoway?

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                    • John Meachen
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 10482

                      #11
                      Re: how many of these did there used to be

                      Originally posted by downthecreek
                      I don't suppose you know where Ted Frost was apprenticed? The reason I ask is that Frost is a well known name in my neck of the woods - and old fishing, yachting and shipwrighting family.

                      If I remember correctly,the yard he was apprenticed at was Chambers of Oulton Broad.I have seen the Lydia Eva under steam a time or two and suspect the change to diesel made life easier on board.

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                      • Rum_Pirate
                        Banned
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 22881

                        #12
                        Re: how many of these did there used to be

                        Looks like Para Handy would not be out of place aboard her.

                        Although he would prefer to be on the 'Vital Spark', "the smertest boat in the coastin' tred"

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                        • Rum_Pirate
                          Banned
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 22881

                          #13
                          Re: how many of these did there used to be

                          In case anyone is interested :

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                          • John Meachen
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2004
                            • 10482

                            #14
                            Re: how many of these did there used to be

                            The fleet in port.

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