discussion Another POW (German) built model Pondie

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Hi guys

Here's a couple of pics of a pond yacht that I recently restored for a guy who's grandfather was a POW in Germany in WW2. I had a ball doing her up and re-rigging her etc. On the day he was picking her up to take her back to his state (interstate truck driver) it blew 7 bells and I didn't get to test sail her with him!#&%##+#

A nice little boat. The hull is solid maple carved out of furniture and some of the original iron bits are on her too.

Jason

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very nice jason, what sort of size was she ?

 

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Lovely job Magpie. It must have given you a tremendous sense of satisfaction to restore such a boat. It is really nice to see something old looked after and returned to glory ready do do another few years sterling service.

 

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Size?

very nice jason' date=' what sort of size was she ?[/quote']Thanks Adz

She's 18 X 3 1/2 inches.

 

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Thanks

Lovely job Magpie. It must have given you a tremendous sense of satisfaction to restore such a boat. It is really nice to see something old looked after and returned to glory ready do do another few years sterling service.

Thanks Bunk

It is a lot of fun. I've done a few restore jobs for people for fun. There's less pressure on you when you do it that way. This doesn't mean you don't do as good a job, just a more relaxed one.

Jason

 

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Here's a link to the page I did during the job.

http://www.magpieyachts.com/building6l.html

Jason

 

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Jason,

A very well put together, interesting and informative web site. I will be having a closer look at the Robbe U-47 build as it is something I want to do in the next year or so.

The yacht restoration really was a lovely job and I have so much respect for someone who takes on such a job volountarily and does it for no more than the love of restoring a beautiful old boat.

 

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Thanks for the extremely nice words fellas!!!

Jason