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mogogear · Last edited by mogogear on Sun May 04, 2008 12:04 am; edited 5 times in total

We will see if Peggy (Sue?) can gleam again..

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IndianaRog · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

Mo...things seem to be getting waterlogged on the west coast !!!

Perhaps you are the emerging US Admiral of the forum...with the UK Admiralty firmly held by Moose!
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mogogear · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

No uniform or title for me - I need to go and start attending S. B.A meetings though..

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Les Marsh · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject:

mogogear · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks Les...fingers crossed
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Wallace · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:03 am Post subject:

Very nice boat Mo, and I like the name of it.

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tmuir · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

Nice.
I can't decide if thats a home build or not.
Either way I like it.

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mogogear · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject:

You know it could be a home built. After visiting over on the Bowman Circle I have not been able to say it matches exactly any of the "Peggy" named boats..

Here are a couple of more enhanced photos- anybody with I.D. speculation is welcomed.. this will help me past the time till she comes..

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MooseMan · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject:

I'm leaning towards homebuild......I've seen a few Hobbies Peggy boats, I own a Peggy marine plant myself, and this ain't it.....

Doesn't detract in the slightest from the fact that it looks to be a nice, cleanly built flat bottom hull, very much along Bowman lines.....I love the "natural" finish. The engine appears to be based on the concept of the Mamod ME1.
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mogogear · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:

I agree on the natural Finish--The Hull really appealed to me.... that may lend to color on top....

I think I have found a home for the power plant I bought from you Sir Moose.......I kept an eye on that Thames Launch and picked it up a few minutes ago for almost nothing....It could become my "Blue Jay" ...
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MooseMan · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:53 am Post subject:

Well Cap'n Mo, that Thames launch would be perfect I think - what a steal!!!
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mogogear · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

Well Peggy Sue arrived all safe and sound from the UK-- a great experience with the seller so here are some personal pictures of her after some basic cleanup.

I did do some wiping etc.. descaled the boiler and steam valve and disassembled the engine and oiled and checked for wear. Seems tight -as age is unknown. It has a fairly long piston1/2" above the shaft and seems a good tight fit in the cylinder.

I can't remove the entire power plant since the prop shaft is soldered to the engine and epoxied into the hull .. I could slide the flywheel towards the bow after removing the prop but since the boiler is soldered to the supply lines... I run into the world of "unified"

It sure seems a "kit" boat with a quite small boiler diameter 1.25" X 4.5" long. It is fitted with the same SV that the ME3 I obtained from Mooseman... IT also has a slight raked angle to it I rather like. The exhaust dumps into the stack as well

A small two blade prop that is threaded on the the rear of the shaft and a rudder shaft that is missing the rudder blade.

The above rudder set up looks to have had a servo control kooked up to the tiller... there was also evidence of old adhesive foam tape aft - so maybe someone tried to RC this little boat.

She is 23.5" by 4.25" at the widest beam measurement

Can you guess where she used to live...?

She came with a homemade esbit burner tray.. I will be looking for a small meths burner..

All in all - she has a very solid hull and should require very little to get her chuffing along the waterways soon..I think I will leave her this natural wood finish- and just add colored aft and fore decking..

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Les Marsh · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

That is nice, and it will end looking cracking, a lovely purchase.

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Reid · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject:

Clean and trim, such good lines.

was it a club member's boat?
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mogogear · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

I am unsure Reid...The Guildford club seems to be mainly Sailing only... but I can't get past their homepage to see any thing ??

Could be another chap like James and others that are just proud of where they live!!
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