| Hi Guys
I'm new here and hoping to be allowed to jump on the Brave Borderer bandwagon.
How I got a 'Brave' hull, plans and pictures is a long story (and I've had 'em a long time), but suffice to say I've decided to convert the large lump of glass-fibre sitting on my garage shelf into a living, breathing vessel.
As it's been a while since I last built a boat (Aesop was a mere slip of a lad) I thought I'd start by having a nose around on the internet - saw Pete Stern's absolutely superb BB model and nearly decided not to bother getting my tools out!
Then I came across this site, where the natives seem to be exceeding friendly and, like me, maybe in need of a bit of help, encouragement and support whilst striving to achieve Pete's level of excellence. So here I am, bearing gifts from the darkest recesses of Cornwall.
It seems you have a need for detail information on the Borderer, and I just happen to have some photos available that could help out. They are original Vosper Thorneycroft (Porchester Works) plates of the BB, black & white photos about 10" X 8". Not being sure of the correct protocol in forums such as this, and not wishing to incur the wrath of the webmaster by filling his server with huge files, I've scanned the pictures at 10cm X 8 @ 90 dpi and uploaded the images to my gallery page - please feel free to have a look.
I'm happy to scan and e-mail the pictures to you, or anyone else, if interested (presumably it's okay to make contact outside of this forum?). At full size and 300 DPI it is possible to read many of the labels on the instruments (in the bridge picture), but the file is nearly 2.5 Mb - so it's probably best sent outside of the site if that's permitted. Alternatively I can scan a smaller area at higher resolution (up to about 1200 dpi) if required.
Back to my own attempt to build a Borderer - the hull and plans are from Kingston Mouldings at 1:32 scale, and the plan seems to be very accurate when compared to the photos There are still 101 things that are not clear, and I'm sure I'll be back with a thousand and one questions to you and the other members.
In the meantime, the very best of luck with your own model, please get in touch if you want the photos. |