Little Green Cornish Shrimper 19 on the Teign

October 22, 2020 by 4g3nd4

SHRIMPER 19
SPECIFICATION

Length overall22’6″6.858m
Length over deck19’3”5.867m
Length of waterline17’7″5.334m
Beam7’2”2.184m
Draught1’6” – 4’0”0.457m – 1.219m
Displacement2350lb1065kg
Sail area194ft218.02m2
Approx towing weight3300lb1500kg
RCD categoryC
Shrimper 19 standard sail away specification
Hull Construction: Hand laid solid GRP hull with no foam core. Integral centerplate case laminated as part of the complete hull structure. Internal bunk and
forepeak moulding bonded into hull with internal structural bulkheads bonded to both hull and deck mouldings. Standard colours are off white, dark blue
or dark green. The hull and deck joint is by way of an overlap or ‘Biscuit Tin Lid’ with GRP bonding.
Rudder: The rudder is transom hung on two stainless steel hangings bolted through the transom with Hardwood backing pads. The rudder is constructed
from laminated plywood with a stainless steel lifting drop plate.
Engine Beds: Engine beds are incorporated in the GRP bunk moulding with mild steel mounts bonded into the bed design which incorporates an oil drip
tray.
Ballast: Ballast is by way of iron punchings encapsulated in resin inside the hull keel moulding. A galvanised steel centerplate forms part of the ballast
with a stainless steel lifting wire leading to a winch lifting system operated from the cockpit.
Boot Top: A single boot top moulded in gel coat located above antifouling level. Colour in contrast to main hull and normally matching the deck.
Deck Construction: Hand laid GRP with Balsa core in way of horizontal load areas. Hard wood pads under deck fittings and stress points.
Cockpit : Cockpit locker lids are hand laid with Balsa core. There is integrated non slip on horizontal surfaces with an optional two tone colour. A cockpit
drain is located in the center of the main foot well with additional drainage from the seats. A central watertight locker offers general storage or houses the
diesel engine when fitted.
Deck Fittings: Bespoke deck fittings including bowsprit, tabernacle and chain plates are made from stainless steel. 4 aluminium deck cleats are positioned
aft & amidships with two fairleads feeding a teak Sampson post forward. All sail controls are led aft to rope clutches / jammers with a single halyard
winch to starboard. Adjustable jib & mainsheet cars. Access below is via a teak lined sliding companionway hatch and split plywood / Perspex washboards.
Extra ventilation provided by an aluminium forward hatch.
Ports: 2 aluminium fixed ports are fitted one each in the hull topsides.
Chain plates: Chain plates are in stainless steel and through bolted on the hull sides.
Vents: Ventilation is via a washboard vent and opening forward hatch.
Miscellaneous Equipment: Fuel filler &tank vent.(Inboard version only), Life harness attachment point by the companionway, Rope tidies for halyards.
Cockpit Lockers: Two main watertight lockers with latches and padlocks are provided. A padlock is also provided for the companionway hatch.
Mainmast: Laminated in Sitka Spruce and treated with Sikkens Cetol including a stainless steel mast band to take Cap shrouds, jib and mainsail halyards.
All deck mounted on a substantial stainless steel tabernacle.
Main Boom: Laminated in Sitka Spruce and treated with Sikkens Cetol including a Stainless steel gooseneck fitting, kicker and mainsheet bands and all
associated reefing line leads / terminals.
Bowsprit: Laminated in Sitka Spruce and treated with Sikkens Cetol including a Stainless steel pivot fitting, end plate and bobstay take off points.
Gaff: Laminated in Sitka Spruce and treated with Sikkens Cetol including a Stainless steel gaff collar with rubber protection on bearing surface. Wire hoist
span and block.
Standing Rigging: Cap shrouds, lower shrouds & forestay in 4mm 1 x 19 stainless steel wire with swagged ends. Chromed rigging screws. Jib mounted on
reefing spar and controls led aft to cockpit.
Running Rigging: Main throat / peak halyards – 6mm braid. Jib &Staysail halyards – 6mm braid. Main topping lift – 6mm braid. Mainsail reefing lines –
6mm braid. Mainsail outhaul – 6mm braid. Mainsheet & Jib sheets – 10mm sheet rope. All associated blocks for purchase tackles.
Mainsail: Dacron in tan or cream. 2 reef points with tie in lacing. Luff and gaff lacing as required.
Jib: Dacron in tan or cream with wire luff and tell tails.
Boom Cover: In maroon, or cream acrylic. Fixings to allow for topping lift and mainsheet take off. All sails supplied with, sail numbers, logo and ties.
Engineering
Outboard Version
Outboard well: A teak engine mounting with stainless brackets. Engine well hull blank. GRP moulded fuel tank stowage and fuel lead splitter through aft
locker compartment. (fuel lead not supplied as standard)
Inboard Version
Stern Gear: A 1” stainless steel shaft is fitted, connected to the engine via a coupling and fitted with a Tides Marine ‘lip seal’ gland. The shaft drives a fixed
2-bladed propeller.
Engine: Yanmar 1GM10 9hp marine diesel engine. A 55 amp (12V) alternator is fitted to the engine.
Engine Instruments and Controls: The engine instruments are located at the rear of the cockpit coaming and are recessed with a clear cover. Instruments
include audible alarm, alternator warning light, start switch and stop control. A single lever engine control is supplied and fitted in the cockpit well.
Engine Cooling: The engine is directly salt water cooled. A 1/2″ diameter pipe leads from the main seawater inlet through a strainer to the engine and
discharges overboard through the exhaust.
Engine Exhaust: A flexible exhaust hose connects the exhaust via a swan neck with water trap to the outlet fitting through the transom.
Fuel System: A plastic diesel tank with a capacity of approximately 18 litres, breather and integrated fuel gauge. The tank is fitted with flow and return
lines, the flow line having a manual shut off valve.
Plumbing
Bilge System: 1 x Manual bilge pump operated from the cockpit with a handle stored in the aft locker.
Fresh Water Tanks: 2 x 10ltr plastic jerry cans with manual hand pump. Also a bucket / sink.
Soil System: When fitted the heads discharge directly to sea via a vent loop and skin fitting.
Inlet / Outlet Fittings: Engine: In through a single skin fitting with a valve and strainer, out via the exhaust system.
Gas System: There is a double burner hob cooker attached to a separately stored gas bottle.
12 volt DC system
Batteries: Engine – one 12 volt 55 amp/hour. (Optional on outboard version)
Charging: Via main engine – a 35 amp (at 12 volt) alternator.
Switchboard: An optional switch panel is fitted to boats that have additional electronics fitted.
Miscellaneous Standard Equipment
Deck: 1 x winch handle. 1 x bilge pump handle. Stowed in aft cockpit locker. 1 x fire extinguisher – situated down below.
Joinery: The interior joinery is constructed from high quality materials and in accordance with good yacht practice. Bulkheads and side back linings are
from plywood.
Finish: All cabin woodwork is finished in a mix of painted bulkheads and varnished trim.
Soles: Rubber textured sole throughout.
Upholstery: A choice of soft or wipe down plastic upholstery is available.

Posted by guyfogwill on 2020-08-29 18:00:06

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MEANDER Yacht c. 1934 – False Creek

October 16, 2020 by 4g3nd4

Vancouver, BC Canada

The vessel was built in 1934 at W.R. Menchions Shipyard in Coal Harbour, located just east of where the Bayshore
Inn now stands. Although there is no record of her cost, amongst my Grandfather’s papers are notes of cost estimates of very similar vessels, and an educated guess would be about $24,000.

The yacht was commissioned on April 24, 1934 — that date is significant as the design drawings are dated October 1933, indicating barely six months from start to finish of the vessel, a remarkable feat even by today’s standards.

This classic double-ended yacht was stoutly built from the finest materials available: • Yellow cedar hull planking • Bent 2” x 3” white oak frames at 9” centres • Teak deck planking • Yellow cedar ceiling (inner planking)

She is powered by a six-cylinder Gardner 6L3 diesel engine, rated at 102 bhp at 800 rpm, which has been in continuous service ever since. Like many large yachts of the period, Meander was “impressed” by the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 for coastal patrol duty, serving as HMCS Meander in the “Fisherman’s Reserve” during the Second World War.

In 1945, Meander was sold to Pacific International Airways, an apparent subsidiary of Pan Am Airlines based in Alaska.

In 1948, the boat was bought by Sydney & Walter Wilson and used as a charter yacht under the name of “Meander Charters Ltd.”

In 1950, Meander was bought by the United Church of Canada and from 1950 (or 1951) to 1963, Meander worked as the United Church Missionary Vessel Melvin Swartout II working up and down the West Coast of Vancouver Island, based initially out of Port Hardy until 1953 she was moved to Bamfield.

From 1963 to1972, Meander was owned by Frederick Alexander Menzies of West Vancouver who operated her as a charter yacht. On Mr. Menzies’ death, the yacht was bequeathed to his son Robert who appears to have sold it almost immediately.

In 1972, Meander was sold to Art and Norma Clements. The boat was purchased in 1975 by Hedley Rendell and Dennis Feroce. It was Dennis who wanted the boat and he was helped by Hedley with the purchase through his company.

For the past 37 years, Meander has been under Dennis’ care, and since 1995 her interior has been completely restored, greatly benefitting from the contributions of Dennis’ wife Jan Iliffe.

Dennis still lives aboard Meander with his wife, Jan. For many of the last 30 years, Meander has been operated as a charter yacht, but has also been their cozy and comfortable home. The 1975 purchase was a fortuitous thing for Meander as Dennis, a Master Woodworker, has maintained her in absolutely pristine condition and most importantly, maintained her in a manner faithful to her original 1930s vintage design. Jan has lent a very talented decorator’s touch to restoring and showing the boat off beautifully with refined paintwork, beautiful upholstery and fine artistic touches throughout.

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Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always sincerely appreciated.
Sonja

Posted by SonjaPetersonPh♡tography on 2020-04-29 23:16:58

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Little Green Cornish Shrimper 19 on the Teign

October 6, 2020 by 4g3nd4

SHRIMPER 19
SPECIFICATION

Posted by guyfogwill on 2020-08-29 18:00:04

Little Green Cornish Shrimper 19 on the Teign

October 2, 2020 by 4g3nd4

SHRIMPER 19
SPECIFICATION

Posted by guyfogwill on 2020-08-29 18:00:05

Mr. Lewis Waller Prior to 1908. And the Greenwich Yacht Club.

September 1, 2020 by 4g3nd4

The Postcard

A Glosso-graph Series postcard published by Misch & Co. of London E.C. The photography was by the Dover Street Studios of London W. The image is a glossy real photograph.

Why Lewis has three fluffy toy mice running down the sash on his toga I can’t even begin to speculate.

The card was posted in Brighton on Tuesday the 10th. March 1908 to:

Miss E. Isaacs,
3, Western Road,
Hove,
Brighton.

The pencilled message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"How do you like
this P.C.?
Love to all,
From Trickster".

Mr. Lewis Waller

William Waller Lewis (3rd. November 1860 – 1st. November 1915), known on stage as Lewis Waller, was an English actor and theatre manager, well known on the London stage and in the English provinces.

After early stage experience with J. L. Toole’s and Helena Modjeska’s companies from 1883, Waller became known, by the late 1880’s, for romantic leads, both in Shakespeare and in popular costume dramas of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

He attracted a large number of female admirers, who formed themselves into a vocal and conspicuous fan club. He also tried his hand at management of tours in 1885 and 1893, and then became an actor-manager at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in the mid-1890’s.

Waller remained an actor-manager for the rest of his career, both in London and on tour.

Despite his commercial success in Booth Tarkington’s ‘Monsieur Beaucaire’ and Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Brigadier Gerard’, Waller greatly preferred acting in Shakespeare, in which his roles ranged from Romeo to Othello.

Among the roles he created was Sir Robert Chiltern in Oscar Wilde’s 1895 comedy ‘An Ideal Husband’.

Lewis Waller – The Early Years

Waller was born in Bilbao, Spain, the eldest son of an English civil engineer, William James Lewis, and his wife, Carlotta née Vyse. He was educated at King’s College School in south west London, after which, intending to pursue a commercial career, he studied languages on the Continent. From 1879 to 1883 he was a clerk in a London firm owned by his uncle.

After acting in amateur performances, Waller decided to make a career on the stage, and was engaged by J. L. Toole in 1883. His first role was the Hon. Claude Lorrimer in H. J. Byron’s ‘Uncle Dick’s Darling’, in which he was billed as "Waller Lewis".

By May of the same year, he had adopted the stage name Lewis Waller. In that month he appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in a charity matinee for the Actors’ Benevolent Fund with Toole’s company and such contemporary stars as Rutland Barrington, Lionel Brough, Arthur Cecil, Nellie Farren, George Grossmith, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.

He remained in Toole’s company for a year, playing light comedy and juvenile parts. During this year, he married a young actress, Florence West (1862–1912).

He joined a touring company, playing the central role, the blind Gilbert Vaughan, in ‘Called Back’ by Hugh Conway.

Waller returned to London in March 1885 to play at the Lyceum Theatre in Helena Modjeska’s company, as the Abbé in ‘Adrienne Lecouvreur’, and then toured with her, playing such roles as Mortimer in ‘Mary Stuart’, and Orlando in ‘As You Like It’.

The Manchester Guardian said of the latter:

"He kept Orlando properly ingenuous,
and made him a taking and gallant
young wooer."

Towards the end of 1885, Waller ventured into management for the first time, touring a production of ‘Called Back’, taking the role of Dr. Basil North, in which The Manchester Guardian thought him:

"A trifle too melodramatic".

The tour was modestly successful, but not such as to lead Waller to mount further productions for some time.

Waller returned to the West End, working for a succession of managements. At the Strand Theatre in early 1887, he played Roy Carlton in ‘Jack-in-the-Box’, which his biographer describes as his first substantial success in London.

At the Opera Comique he played Ernest Vane in ‘Masks and Faces’, and Captain Absolute in ‘The Rivals’. At the Gaiety Theatre he played Jacques Rosney in ‘Civil War’.

Waller then joined William Hunter Kendal and John Hare at the St. James’s Theatre, where he played the Duc de Bligny in ‘The Ironmaster’, Sir George Barclay in ‘Lady Clancarty’, and Lord Arden in ‘The Wife’s Secret’.

When Rutland Barrington took over the management of the St. James’s in 1888, Waller played George Sabine in ‘The Dean’s Daughter’, and Ralph Crampton in ‘Brantinghame Hall’.

Rudolph de Cordova, in a 1909 biographical sketch noted:

"During this period, few theatres
played regular afternoon performances,
so that the actors were, for the most part,
engaged only in the evening. Many
matinees were, however, given to introduce
new plays and new players; and in this way
Mr. Waller acted a large number of new parts,
all of an ephemeral character."

In particular he played several Ibsen roles in these matinees in the early 1890’s, bringing him to the attention of people of influence in the theatre such as William Archer, Jacob Grein and Bernard Shaw.

Waller played Oswald in ‘Ghosts’, Lovborg in ‘Hedda Gabler’, Rosmer in ‘Rosmersholm’ and Solness in ‘The Master Builder’. The ODNB commented that:

"Archer was delighted that an established
West End actor had contributed to the Ibsen
revival, but was aware that Waller could
overcome neither the play’s inadequate
rehearsal period nor his background of
florid West End performances."

Lewis Waller – The Later Years

In October 1893, Waller returned to management, mounting a tour of Wilde’s ‘A Woman of No Importance’, in which he played Lord Illingworth. The Manchester Guardian called it:

"A tolerable travelling company in
which nobody gains great distinction."

Returning to London, Waller, in partnership with H. H. Morrell, leased the Theatre Royal, Haymarket while its regular tenant, Herbert Beerbohm Tree was on tour in the US. He began with the premiere of Wilde’s ‘An Ideal Husband’, playing Sir Robert Chiltern in a cast that included his wife as Mrs. Cheveley, Julia Neilson as Lady Chiltern and Charles Hawtrey as Lord Goring.

Waller and Morrell remained in management until 1897, when Tree invited Waller to join his company at the newly rebuilt Her Majesty’s Theatre.

Waller remained with Tree for three years, playing a wide range of roles, including romantic leads in popular costume dramas and, in Tree’s lavish Shakespeare productions, Laertes in ‘Hamlet’, Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’, Faulconbridge in ‘King John’ and Lysander in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.

After leaving Tree’s company, Waller returned to management. Although he loved playing Shakespeare, adding the roles of Romeo, Othello and Henry V to his repertoire, for commercial reasons he was best known as the star of swashbuckling romances. He was particularly identified with the title roles in the stage versions of Booth Tarkington’s ‘Monsieur Beaucaire’ and Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Brigadier Gerard’. He starred in a film of the latter in 1915.

The critic Hesketh Pearson praised Waller for:

"His good looks and virile acting,
and his vibrant voice which rang
through the theatre like a bell and
stirred like a trumpet".

Waller had a large following of enthusiastic women fans, who formed a club known as the K.O.W. [Keen On Waller] Brigade. Pearson lamented:

"The puerile nature of the plays he
usually put on, and the adolescent
behaviour of his female admirers,
prevented many people from
appreciating his superb gift as a
declaimer of Shakespeare’s rhetoric,
and frequently exposed him to ridicule."

In 1911 and 1912, Waller made a tour of the US, Canada and Australia. In his absence his wife died. His last play was May Martindale’s ‘Gamblers All’, which opened at Wyndham’s Theatre, London in June 1915, with Gerald du Maurier and Madge Titheradge co-starring.

The Manchester Guardian called the production:

"A personal acting triumph
for Lewis Waller".

The Death of Lewis Waller

After the West End run, Waller took the play on tour, during which he contracted pneumonia, from which he died in Nottingham two days short of his 55th. birthday.

The Greenwich Yacht Club

So what else happened on the day that Trickster posted the card?

Well, on the 10th. March 1908, Thames watermen and river workers founded the Greenwich Yacht Club in the Yacht Tavern in Greenwich. For many years the club met at the tavern.

Later the Clubhouse was situated on the beach adjacent to the current clubhouse. Originally, it was a beached Thames Sailing Barge named "Iverna", then later a hut on the Mudlarks beach.

In more recent times the club was based in what is known as the "Old Clubhouse" at the end of Riverway. That site was acquired by English Partnerships, as part of the preparation for construction of the Millennium Dome, and in exchange English Partnerships provided the club with new facilities on the previously redundant Peartree Wharf.

The New Clubhouse

Greenwich Yacht Club took occupation of the site early in November 1999 with a temporary clubroom in what is now the Wedding Venue. The new clubhouse was opened in June 2000.

The residential building directly behind the club has been named Iverna Quay, as a reference to the beached Thames sailing barge ‘Iverna’.

The new clubhouse is the only building built in the Thames itself which is raised upon stilts above the waters below, and is open to the public each year as part of the London Open House.

The complex includes an engineering/machining facility, sail loft, woodworking facility, an indoor work area with a capacity for two or more boats, and a wedding and conference venue.

There is also a three storey clubhouse situated on a dolphin in the tidal Thames reached by a bridge from landside. A dolphin in this context is a man-made marine structure that extends above the water level.

The complex is disabled access friendly. The club has more than 400 members, and caters for cruiser sailors, dinghy sailors, motor-boaters and rowers.

Posted by pepandtim on 2019-06-09 00:13:32

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