Maritime Coastal Defence Vessels (MCDVs)

[SeaKingTacco]

Last summer, I saw an old YAG turned into a personal yacht in Victoria harbour.

It floated. I don't know if it could move. I know it definitely couldn't fight.

There is one that I am aware that is an absolute work of art…

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

There is one that I am aware that is an absolute work of art…

Not surprised. With a little TLC, those things are near impossible to kill. Had I been on the West coast after my retirement, I might have bought one just for the pleasure of turning it into a real, moving, boat house (much cheaper than any Victoria or Vancouver living!).

 

[Navy_Pete]

Not surprised. With a little TLC, those things are near impossible to kill. Had I been on the West coast after my retirement, I might have bought one just for the pleasure of turning it into a real, moving, boat house (much cheaper than any Victoria or Vancouver living!).

Someone bought one of the old blue boats and is running around in it as well. Those YAGs had steady dedicated maintenance crew that babied them for years and kept them in great shape (all things considered). Fun boats to do training on, and there was so much polish on the brass voice pipes they were really easy to clean up.

The Orcas may be able to get sold off in the future, although bang for the buck for those ones on a boat around that size is probably low unless they get sold off really cheap (and we don't run them into the ground first).

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Sadly at least one was allowed to decay. If you don't maintain the deck and water runs in, then the frames rot from the top down.

 

[Underway]

Sadly at least one was allowed to decay. If you don't maintain the deck and water runs in, then the frames rot from the top down.

Yah the wooden hull challenge. We were doing a "fire exercise" (water balloon fight with another YAG) using the manual fire pump at the stern. Me and another guy ripped the pump right out of the deck with our over exuberant use of the equipment. Deck was soft underneath. The Engineering was annoyed but glad we found the rot.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

If you like wooden boat work, this is a good channel to watch. UK couple restoring a WWII Motor Launch

Ship Happens

Our journey of buying a WW2 boat with the dream of restoring her back to a usable condition! After being left to rot in the mud, we face a massive challenge, with the boat itself and also working on her in the location where she is! And researching all of the history of the boat from WWII and...

www.youtube.com