Boats at Gibraltar and Malta

Northeastuser, I think Grillette's refit will be finished by now, her owner took her all the way from England to Gozo as it was cheaper to do a wooden boat  out there, food for thought in making Ambra seaworthy before the trip to England if you are going to sail her round through the Bay of Biscay, always risky even for the larger vessel's. Has Ambra's added keel got a steel shoe fitted?

Thanks d-zine, she later encountered choppy seas rounding Europa Point which tore away some copper sheathing, leaving nail holes through both layers of planking. This was not noticed at the time. The slight water ingress overnight coupled with a sticking float switch resulted in the boat taking enough water to expose the topsides planking to the sea, accelerating the ingress. Luckily at that stage it was noticed by the guys from the sailing school (who are also helping Clive out with the MASB) at about lunchtime on Monday. Pumps were brought on board and disaster averted, the holes are now plugged, the float switch replaced, the mess cleaned up and the engines have been run up with no problems, it could have been a lot worse. Just goes to show you really have to keep an eye on these old boats, even the really good ones. It also shows that these potential disasters are usually caused by a combination of problems.

Does anyone know if this is ex-RAF 1391?

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=293087

Loads more photos on this site of other interesting craft. Unfortunately some of the photographers knowledge is limited. Saw a nice snap of ex-RAF RSL 1659 tagged up as a Dunkirk veteran!!!