British Ship
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 05:38PM One of the nice things about owning Misterton is the sense of history. Amongst the documents we have is the original document from 1948 when she was re-registered after being converted from sail to power. Unfortunately the registration had laspsed when she was retired from commercial use. I've been working in the background on registering her again. I could've just put her on the SSR (Small Ships Register) but I wanted to see if I could get her back as a fully registered British Ship. This required a lot of research and documentation to prove that she was ours. Dave Hill was able to assist here, as his father Les Hill was the last registered owner and we were able to use some of the information he gave us to establish our claim. Finally we had to swear in front of a Notary Public that she was indeed ours. All of this was done, and the only thing remaining was to put the name and port of registration on the stern. This has taken a while as the weather has just been too cold, but finally a few weeks ago we were able to get this last job done.
The finished result looks pretty good.
You can't see it in the photo, but the port of registration is Hull. I think people might have expected this to change to London, but thats were Misterton has always been registered, so I wanted to keep that link.
We've been doing quite a lot of other work too, finishing off the bathroom and plumbing. I took the opportunity while staying on board on my own to break out the mag drill in the living area. I figure I won't be able to do this when Mary has the interior decor done, so I might as well enjoy it while I can.
We've had a few visitors over the last few weeks, including in a rare return to the boating world, Mat, formerly known as cabin-boy Mat. Mat helped out with a number of things, including shifting a couple of tons of ballast in an attempt to get the propellor lower in the water.
We've had a wardrobe made to fit by a local joiner James Overington, we're both very pleased with it.
The other thing thats really lifted the interior has been putting down the floor tiles we're using in the kitchen area and near the front stairs. These are rubber based tiles, so are pretty durable.
It's all starting to look more like a home and less like a building site.
Reader Comments (1)
Hull not Panama or some tax haven?