Classic Boat Repairs and Restoration

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Repairs and Restorations.

Quinton is now specialising in restorations and repairs on classic wooden lifeboats and other interesting vessels. Interest in saving these historic vessels is growing and with the local boatyard in every fishing village or seaside town fast becoming a thing of the past, finding somewhere to have specialised woodwork done is becoming difficult.

The National Historic Ships Register are allocating grant aid, a small amount, towards the saving or restoration of historic vessels Owners may qualify, check here: http://nationalhistoricships.org.uk/grants/newgrants.cfm

In the facility at present are 6 former RNLI lifeboats

2 Oakley class.

"Calouste Gulbenkian" ex Weston-Super-Mare and relief,
"The Doctors" ex Anstruther.

2 Liverpool class both under restoration to original appearance for their owners Tim Kirton and Graham Mountford.

twin screw "Aguila Wren" ex Aberystwyth and Redcar,
single screw "Herbert John", ex Cloughey Co-Down

Rother class "The Davys Family" ex Shoreham, in for a refit and paint, for her owners Walthamstow Sea Scouts, London.

Quinton's own Watson "Guy and Clare Hunter" also in for a re-paint.

Recently, 2 Rothers "Harold Salvesen" and "Silver Jubilee" both had refits and a fresh coat of paint before going to new owners, "Harold Salvesen" to John and Linda Payne at Aberystwyth and "Silver Jubilee" to Michael Ankuda in Hastings, New York.

Quinton is happy to advise owners or prospective owners of historic lifeboats on the way forward should they be contemplating restorations or refits.

This may well require a Marine Survey to fully determine to condition of the vessel. This can be carried out "in house" or by a third party.

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