Built in Castleford in 1930 by Cliff and Jones. At the time of Dunkirk she was owned by M.V.Lazarus and spent 3 days under fierce air attack ferrying troops from East Beach. Lazy Days will be at Harbour Marine Services throughout the winter having a major refit to make her seaworthy again. Extensive [...]
Restoration of Pamela Tivey Herreshoff 12 1/2 The plan is to remove each mahogany plank from the top down and replace with white ceder. The mahogany planks, even though not very old (10y) were not in good condition. The one plank [...]
Nic Seal brought his 46ft twin screw Silverleaf to Harbour Marine Services after a recommendation from the owners of 'Gralian' and then a visit from John Buckley to their home in Cowes. She came up to Southwold and work was started on her. The main work was a new deck. When John understood from Nic [...]
Gralian is a 45ft Medina class Saunders Roe built in 1937. Jonathan and Helen Lewis bought her in 2010 as a long term live-aboard and were planning to set off to the Mediterranean , when they discovered she needed some work as she was leaking badly. Having been recommended to Harbour Marine Services they brought [...]
Meredies is a 46ft Silver Leaf built in 1937 by JA Silver in Rosneath. Her owner, David Worthington, brought her to John Buckley when he bought her for a complete re-fit in 2010. All the metal deck fittings and the port lights had been painted white, so they were all taken off and regalvanised and [...]
