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HI I Know this boat really well. I was on board her for 2x trips over to dunkirk it was owned for many years on the tyne My friend Brian High owned it in the early 80s and we were asked to take her over for celebrations a few times. I can still remember trying to hand start the old Ferry engines on a cold day taking paying customers out for a fishing trip. I can remember the engines being fitted along side the work shop in gateshead and the wheel house going on. I have a soft spot for this boat I can remember being off peterhead in a force 9 Gail and the boat handled it really well. it has some great history . we had it in Yarmouth in the early 80s and the then ex coxswain showed us how to drive it which really meant jabbing it in and out of gear at 75% throttle the boat was built to cope with it. we donated the binnacle to the Yarmouth life boat museum. I really want to know what happens to her I would love to be involved but living in the north east it will be really difficult. any questions you have I can maybe answer or ask Brian. Brian purchased it off a beach in Norfolk as it had spun a big end bearing we turned one of the engines up side down and lapped a new one in on the beach floating for 1 hour a day. we have owned a barnet and a mersey since them days.