Thanks to Roy McBride and his trusty Canon G11 for the pics.
Yesterday, 29 Feb, was the end for the Big Red Boat. In fact it was a van der Laan design, about 56' on deck as I remember. It would have made a great little ship as a liveaboard cruiser. This boat had quite a few previous owners, each passing it on after they ran out of time or budget, or health reasons. However in this market (global recession) a new owner could not be found depsite a radical price reduction. The scrap merchants took it away in pieces - in just a few hours with a cutting torch it was gone . . . The keel however was a slightly more difficult problem. Filled with concrete and iron balls, it was too heavy for the crane - and took quite a while to break down.
Any prospective buyers looking for similar old steel hulls need not despair - Hout Bay has a few other bagains waiting about . . . see below . . .
