Other Miscellaneous Craft

Windermere Lake Cruise Silversmith at Bowness in late June 2004.She was built in 1969

Windermere Lake Cruise Swan at Bowness in late June 2004.

Windermere Lake Cruise Miss Lakeland I. She was built in Holland, 1985.

ACTV Actv 28 IS OWNED BY Actv THAT PROVIDES TRANSPORT SERVICES ON BOTH LAND AND HAS FLEETS OF WATER AND LAND BUSES FOR SERVICES IN THE CENTRE, SUBURBS AND OUT OF THE CITY. THE WATERBORNE FLEET IS COMPOSED OF ABOUT MORE THAN 150 CRAFT AND MORE OF HUNDRED PONTOON BOARDING POINTS. THE TYPES OF CRAFT IN THE FLEET ARE LARGER WATER BUSES (58), SMALLER WATER BUSES (49), SINGLE-AGENT WATER BUSES, OFFSHORE MOTOR-BOATS (15), FOOT- PASSENGER FERRIES (13, FOR CARRYING LARGE NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS) AND CAR FERRIES (7, FOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION). ALL CRAFT ARE REGISTERED WITH RINA WHICH CERTIFIES THEIR STATE OF STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY, THEIR SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF MAINTENANCE

Untitled image in Venetian Vessel Variety (22742)

Untitled image in Venetian Vessel Variety (22765)

Hovertravels 1985 built British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88 Island Express arriving at Ryde on 25th July 2016.

SUNA X Hovercraft being towed downstream past Mayflower Park,Southampton on 22nd April 2018.

Into the distance - Hovertravels 1985 built British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88 Freedom 90 leaving Southsea on 13th August 2016.

Preserved pleasure vessel Balmoral cdeparting Clenedon Pier on 28th July2016 after a days excursion work to Portbury Docks and the River Avon.

Fishing vessel BH27 Charisma seen leaving the Fish Market,North Shields on 16th August 2016.

Fishing vessel DH 300 in St Mawes Harbour on 31st March 2016.

2012 built Bulk Carrier seen in the Lower Thames on 14th July 2013.

The R. Tucker Thompson is a gaff rigged tops’l schoonerThe R. Tucker Thompson was started by Robert Tucker Thompson and his son Tod. Tucker Thompson was born in California and always called Tucker. He and his family immigrated to New Zealand in January 1971. After a few years he moved to Whangarei Heads and started work on the ship with his son, Tod. The plating was not quite complete when Tucker became ill and died.Tod decided to work on it again. In a chance meeting, while working in Whangarei on the replica of the Bounty, Tod met Russell Harris and the pair went into partnership to complete the ship. The hull was moved to Mangawhai Heads where work began. Limited funds meant that things had to be recycled. The massive fisherman’s anchor was found when a pub was being auctioned in Auckland and is stamped with the seal of approval of Lloyds Proving house in Chatham. The anchor windlass was modified from the back of a bulldozer; the bits were made from railway sleepers.

Going home after a Bristol Channel fishing trip.Off Portishead on the evening of 18th May 2014.