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Garry has sent us some pictures from the Birchwood Model Boat Show in Warrington.

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As you may know on the 17th July the Lion Park Model Boat Club were invited to join in on the fisher mens fun day on the old Albert quay. 14 members turned up most of them with 5 plus boats, we spread out the tables and we were still looking for space as members were still turning up through the morning with more boats.

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HMS Mersey popped in on the weekend of the Jersey Boat Show 2010 and was open to the public. Unfortunately access was limited to the bridge deck and the lower deck at the rear.She forms part of the fisheries patrol unit.

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I found this clipping from the Port strategy dated 1st june 2005 and through it held all the useful information and details about the Duke of Normandy.

Jersey Harbours in the UK Channel Islands have a sophisticated new flagship, a 26 metre Damen Shoalbuster tug designed to undertake a wide range of duties. The new vessel replaces the 33 year-old tug DUKE OF NORMANDY, built for towage and general port maintenance duties in 1972. The new vessel is destined to bear the same name and intended to transform and extend the services undertaken by Jersey Harbours. With four times the power of the earlier tug, the new vessel is one of the new generation of Damen Shoalbuster 2609 vessels with a good towing performance and a wide range of facilities for lifting and dredging with a towed plough. A twin-screw shallow draft vessel of 26.02 metres with a beam of 9.10 metres, the tug will be fitted with two Caterpillar 3508B TA main engines producing a total of 2,200 bhp. In keeping with other vessels of its type it will have a powerful 140 tonnes/metre hydraulic crane, a large clear working deck, stern roller and bow thruster.

The new DUKE OF NORMANDY will be capable of assisting the new breed of large ferries to berth in bad weather and deal with emergencies such as drifting vessels and oil pollution around the Channel Islands. With its shallow draft, the tug will be able to approach casualties in danger of grounding to make a towing connection, unlike larger tugs from France and the UK that are often of limited use in the shallow local waters. Major savings are expected, particularly in the maintenance of buoys and seamarks, dredging and general port maintenance tasks. Equipment will be fitted to enable the vessel, using her crane, to lift and replace buoys and their sinkers much more efficiently than before. During buoy handling and similar operations the new tug will use substantially less manpower and obviate the need to hire in resources from Trinity House and elsewhere. The tug is also expected to earn revenue by carrying out charter work and similar tasks for the other islands.

Using the tug to carry out dredging is expected to result in a decrease in the frequency of major harbour dredging operations. The towed plough will enable bed levelling and silt to be moved out through the harbour entrance. It is anticipated that the need to dredge St Helier harbour will be reduced to every 15 years instead of the present 10.

On announcing the order Deputy Harbour Master Captain Peter Moore said: "When we went out to tender some 13 yards approached us but it was not difficult to choose the Damen proposal. The Shoalbuster is a tried and proven design and so 95 % of the new DUKE is virtually off the shelf, saving us both time and money. Some crew retraining and familiarisation will be carried out, initially at the Damen yard and local shipping companies Commodore and Huelin Renouf have readily agreed to co-operate with us in practising berthing large vessels."

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The 2010 Tug Tow competition got going on bank holiday Monday 3rd May at about 12.30, I didn't make it up to the pond until 2 and the tugging had already started. Having spoken to some of the members about what I had missed I was told a good laugh and a almost sinking of Jeff's new tug the Bankman.



The Bankman Is a 1-42nd scale tug and is Jeff's first tug to add to his fleet and never used a tug in anger was not used to the lean on such a thin tug. As the tug went out of sight behind the Lion D'or Jeff gave her a fist full of power and the back wash ended up almost filling her with water.

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IN 2009 the Lionpark Model Boat Club started the new harbour project ready for the 2010 season,

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These pictures were given to me by Bill James two years back and I have just found the file, which says alot for my computer skills, sorry Bill.

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On the Easter weekend up on the pond we had the normal 15-20 members with a wide range of boats, mostly Tugs and Yachts. The tug boats were having a lot of fun if you call it fun shouting out instructions from lead tug to free running tug at the rear.



With me using Dads Dickie Tug I was told that the Lion D'or was easier to pull then the smaller Lioness, so I decided to hook up with the 8'4 Lion D'or and have some fun.

With Dads Dickie having a 600 speed and a two-one gearbox she handled the big Lion D'or with ease. After a while Graham put his Dickie on the pond and joined in the fun until he hit a small problem with his tug, as his tug had no reverse it got into trouble and lost power and ended up stuck on the side of pond and had some form of fishing line around the prop and with pole in hand off he went with the normal amount of banter from the rest of the members.

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Attention Skippers

Fancy a challange??

Do you think you can handle your boat?

How about a scale steering competition?

A test of your skills around bouys and docking your vessel around a course which will be timed and penalty points deducted for any infringements of the rules.

So how about it?

Another prestigious trophy to be won.

Place your name and any ideas on the forms in the club house or place comments and ideas you have on this thread.

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