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17 May 2015, 18:32
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
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24 May 2015, 01:58
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
Join Date: Mar 2008
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RNLI Y Class - show and tell please!
yearly maintenance tonight on the 2 floorboard tensioning bottle screws up in the bow . needs a large 1"1/2 spanner to slacken off if they rusted tight . Identical to the old D class ones .
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25 May 2015, 14:01
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#83
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Country: UK - England
Town: Midlands
Boat name: SR4.7
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mariner 60 EFI
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Floor looking sorry for itself 
Full strip back with heatgun and scraper 
Sanded 
Hard work! 
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25 May 2015, 14:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: Midlands
Boat name: SR4.7
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
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First coat of 50/50 turps and varnish 
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25 May 2015, 21:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Midlands
Boat name: SR4.7
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
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 first coat of varnish
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25 May 2015, 22:09
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Town: Lowestoft
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Looks good!
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25 May 2015, 22:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lancashire
Boat name: Trigger Happy
Make: Bombard Aerotec
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 20hp
MMSI: 235907196
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Thanks for posting these, I haven't had the chance to see one up close and I am really interested to see it!
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26 May 2015, 00:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
Make: avon ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: tohatsu
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RNLI Y Class - show and tell please!
Later ones seem to have a smaller & much tighter bow/spray dodger compared to the older Grey boats ?
samt ,the varnish job looks great !
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28 May 2015, 15:48
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
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Good stuff Sam. 
I'm just back from a week on the East Coast area (no boat though) and believe it or not came across a virtually abandoned Y Class in the boat yard! Y-136, lots of pics to follow...
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29 May 2015, 14:16
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
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Here are some pics. Unsure whether to pursue this one, it's obviously been out there a fair while but underneath the peeling varnish and grubby tubes it was remarkably intact and complete and would make a nice restoration project.
No damage or patches I could see and the wood was still very solid, both in the floor and transom - just the start maybe of delamination at the top of the transom but certainly not terminal. The layers of Hypalon and seams all appeared intact with no significant peeling although one of the front handles was cracked.
The storage bags and all fittings were there - just the anchor box and oars gone not surprisingly.
Let me have your thoughts chaps!
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29 May 2015, 14:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
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29 May 2015, 14:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
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29 May 2015, 14:24
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Town: Lowestoft
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If you don't pursue it please let me know as our one Y-55 may need £8/900 worth of restoration work with no guarantee it will ever be any good. A newer Y-class would be better than having to go for a generic tender.
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30 May 2015, 08:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Midlands
Boat name: SR4.7
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mariner 60 EFI
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RNLI Y Class - show and tell please!
Max,
I think its just at a point where it can be saved, not a lot of work to make it into a useable boat, but if it was me, its a lot of work to get it to how I'd want it.
Someone should save it. It wont last much longer sat there.
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30 May 2015, 18:08
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Boat name: Bombard
Make: Aerotec 380
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury Mariner 15hp
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My thoughts exactly Sam, compare it to the orange one I pictured above and its (obviously) worlds apart but very salvageable but maybe not through another season of UK weathering...
Problem is they need to go through due process to locate the owner and it may be a year or so before it can be released for sale.
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30 May 2015, 20:06
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Town: Lowestoft
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By they do you mean the boatyard?
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30 May 2015, 20:47
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Country: UK - England
Town: york
Boat name: Millie
Make: Avon D-Class
Length: 4m +
Engine: Mariner 40hp
Join Date: Sep 2012
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My D Class was in similar condition too. Bit of powerspray and varnish and it'll look completely different 
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12 November 2015, 01:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Royal Wootton Bassett
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Just found a pic of my old one 
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10 December 2015, 17:39
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: North Wales
Boat name: Y Class
Make: Avon Ex RNLI
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 15hp
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Finding the number!
Hello, recently I have been trying to find out the history behind my D Class. Only one problem is that I do not have any number on the side of the tubes (example d-123). I do have the code on the transom but that is from Avon themselves nothing to do with the RNLI. I have sent the transom code to RNLI and they can't do any research with this code AVB 89948 L495.
My questions are, does anyone know where there are other RNLI markings on the boat other from obvious? Can anyone tell me anything from the code given?
Many thanks
-Harry
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10 December 2015, 17:41
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Originally Posted by gocherhaz
Hello, recently I have been trying to find out the history behind my D Class. Only one problem is that I do not have any number on the side of the tubes (example d-123). I do have the code on the transom but that is from Avon themselves nothing to do with the RNLI. I have sent the transom code to RNLI and they can't do any research with this code AVB 89948 L495.
My questions are, does anyone know where there are other RNLI markings on the boat other from obvious? Can anyone tell me anything from the code given?
Many thanks
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You could see if there is any marks underneath from the paint on the bottom or even marks where it was removed?
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