On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:15:14 -0500, Capt. Neal®
wrote this crap:

That same front is expected here tomorrow afternoon.

Sounds like a good time for me to try out my new
spinnaker and gear.

New York strip steaks are good meat. These are
on sale for $5.99 a pounds. They are lean and
tender.


That's too bad. You don't want lean steaks.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

You will find no ferrous oxide anywhere on my fine British steel
vessel.

joe

I thought it was Amerrycan

Cheers

Joe wrote:

You will find no ferrous oxide anywhere on my fine British steel
vessel.

joe

It is now, But she was buildt in Lowenstolt England, a small port town
on the north sea. Her steel is the finest found in England at the time,
all her fittings and thru hulls are Monel.

I have not been able to find who the orignal owner or builder was. All
I know is her original name the C Warden.

Joe

She is now

But RedCloud was buildt in Lownestolt England, A small port town on the
North Sea.

Her original name was C Warden, I have not been able to find who was
the builder or original owner yet. All I know is he buildt her of the
finest steel found in england, most likely they melted down a few tons
of old Knight swords and armor. All her fittings and thru hulls are
monel. Very unique for a 1976 vessel.

Joe

Probably melted down a Kraut submarine.

CN

"Joe" wrote in message oups.com...
She is now

But RedCloud was buildt in Lownestolt England, A small port town on the
North Sea.

Her original name was C Warden, I have not been able to find who was
the builder or original owner yet. All I know is he buildt her of the
finest steel found in england, most likely they melted down a few tons
of old Knight swords and armor. All her fittings and thru hulls are
monel. Very unique for a 1976 vessel.

Joe

Joe wrote:
She is now

But RedCloud was buildt in Lownestolt England, A small port town on the
North Sea.

I assume you mean Lowestoft. You should go there and check around. Sure
to be some old timers who could tell you a little.



Her original name was C Warden, I have not been able to find who was
the builder or original owner yet. All I know is he buildt her of the
finest steel found in england, most likely they melted down a few tons
of old Knight swords and armor.

Usually that stuff wasn't steel, it was a rather spongy grade of wrought
iron. Just try making steel on a hand-pumped bellows some time.

... All her fittings and thru hulls are
monel. Very unique for a 1976 vessel.


???

Monel was invented long long before 1976 my friend. It was used in steam
turbines in the 19-teens among other things. The U.S. Navy was using
monel thru-hulls in the 1950s if not much eariler. My understanding is
that Monel is not a type of steel at all, but is actually nickel &
copper with a little steel mixed in.

DSK

Yeah Lowestoft thats the place, on the west coast of the isle.

When I purchaced RedCloud I found an old life ring cover with the name
and port stenciled on it. The previous owner told me the boat was
sailed to the USA in 1976 for the celebration in NY harbor. went back
to england and returned to texas in the early 80's. The owner got
divorced and sold it to the guy I bought it from. His house burned down
right before Christmas so he needed the money and I had the cash. When
I bought her she had the HMS Neversail painted on the bow and had been
neglected for many years. I put around 35K into restoring her to better
than new condition. Those crazy brits had 2 heads on the boat and no
shower. I'd love to find out who the original owner/ builder was. So
many parts were hand made like the wheel, all the turnbuckles, the mast
lowering devices ect that maybe it was a backyard project buildt by a
shipyard worker.

Ive contacted several people in the lowestoft area but no ones
remembers the C Warden.

The ability to weld Monel to steel is the hard part, Not that Monel
did not exist.

Joe

Joe wrote:

Yeah Lowestoft thats the place, on the west coast of the isle.


East coast. Had a good Dragon fleet at RNSYC

Cheers

Yeah Lowestoft thats the place, on the west coast of the isle.

When I purchaced RedCloud I found an old life ring cover with the name
and port stenciled on it. The previous owner told me the boat was
sailed to the USA in 1976 for the celebration in NY harbor. went back
to england and returned to texas in the early 80's. The owner got
divorced and sold it to the guy I bought it from. His house burned down
right before Christmas so he needed the money and I had the cash. When
I bought her she had the HMS Neversail painted on the bow and had been
neglected for many years. I put around 35K into restoring her to better
than new condition. Those crazy brits had 2 heads on the boat and no
shower. I'd love to find out who the original owner/ builder was. So
many parts were hand made like the wheel, all the turnbuckles, the mast
lowering devices ect that maybe it was a backyard project buildt by a
shipyard worker.

Ive contacted several people in the lowestoft area but no ones
remembers the C Warden.

The ability to weld Monel to steel is the hard part, Not that Monel
did not exist.

Joe