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Hi, Sentley,

  Who knows yet.  When she sank '56 was taking on water but not too much (probably no more than any other) seeing as deterioration will only be above water level (I recon) most of the hull will be as it was when she sank, But until she is mucked out pumped out and washed down we will not know.

 As for Good bits, if she is not worth saving I Cant imagine there being much at all.

 Although I probably wont get any time I will try and pop down soon and drill a few small holes or get a hammer out to  see if raising her is a waste of time. she did seem 'hard' when I whacked her with an oar!

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Hi Clive,

What a wonderfully scientific way you have of testing hardness. If theres to be a "gathering" can I invite myself along as well please.

Sentley.
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Sentley,

 Indeed, before calculators (northeastuser) the 'oar' has been used in this scientific way for centuries!

As for the other, the more the merrier! although I am slightly reluctant to put a date foreward as I have quite a lot of weekend work to sort before June and then MASB  should be arriving, but with the evenings drawing out who knows what I can complete before schedule! As my dad says " a busy man has time for everything"
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Are you implying I would hit it with a calculator to check to se if its hard?

 
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 I would use a calculator to see how fast a MTB would go, Faster than if i used an oar!
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Surely hitting it with a calculator will be counter productive since if you hit it hard enough to check hardness the calculator will not work afterwards, or is that the test. IE if the calculator still works then the wood is too soft!!

This is really taxing my brain.



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B161 is a 70' Canadian Power Boat Company HSL.

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Cheers Al,

 Only pic i could find of a 70ft whaleback in service trim. Wheelhouse ect prob wrong. Anyone got a pic of 56 as a gunboat?
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Hi Jimmy!

How about this!

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On the assumption that they were converted & numbered in batches i'd say thats what she looked like.

 Was the superstructure behind the wheelhouse the same one piece composite as the 63ft?
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