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    Barge boat replica

    Sep 11, 2020 1 minute

    hink of Suffolk’s River Deben, and the beautiful Cherubs probably spring to mind first, but other riches lie below the surface, . The Longshore, a 14ft (4.3m) GRP barge boat replica,, the 1949 Faversham-built barge boat belonging to Jonathan’s father. East Coast author Robert Simper is still sailing his lug-rigged dinghy at 83, and describes her as built for a hard-working life, buoyant, tough and seaworthy. Carefully restored by the Pioneer Sailing Trust with new iroko keel and larch garboards, was stripped back to bare wood then polished and waxed, leaving a clear imprint of the original larch grain and nail heads visible in the mould gelcoat.

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