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Uandi

Owner: David Strong

Area: UK-Chiltern


Hull

Folkestone Beach Boat. Construction: Clinker elm on oak.
Built 1914 by L. Sands at The Stade, Folkestone
LOA: 17' 6", LWL: 17' 0", Beam: 5' 6",
Counter stern, maroon. Registered Official No. 63415.

Boiler

Blackstaffe type 3-drum WT Built 1987 by Derek Willaims at Newport
Pressure: 150 psi, Grate area: 1¼ sqft, Heating area: 18 sqft,
New SS casing by owner, steam drum 4" dia, mud drums 3" x 20" long. Wkettle, brass funnel.

Engine

Compound. 1 3/4" + 3 1/4" X 2"
sv valve. SLRG valve gear.
On 3 tfc, cbs, geared fp and air pump, 250 rpm, Kcond.

Propeller

14" X 24"

History

Built by L Sands, The Stade, Folkestone in 1914 and Registered in 1919 (Official Number in the Register of Shipping: 63415) -the name of the first Master was Everden James Wimshurst of Pinehurst, Radnor Cliff Cresecent Folkestone. Purchased for by their father George & Don Mills in 1935. She was sold at the outbreak of WW2 to an unknown owner. Reputed to have been towed to Dunkirk for the evacuation in May/June 1940 -there is photographic evidence Uandi was moored in Folkestone harbour prior to WW2 and afterwards until at least 1961. Like many beach boats she may have been rafted-up and towed across the Channel to Dunkirk -there is anecdotal evidence from Folkestone that this is what happened to Uandi, returning under her own power, but unfortunately, to-date, no documentary evidence which supports this. Hull found by current owner in a ditch near Reading in 1988. Re-planked and re-ribbed 1988-96 by Pip Guest and John Fuge, Fowey . Fitted out and upper works by owner 1996-7. First steamed June 1997. Ref: Funnel 95. Engine formerly in COLUMBINE 1980-1987 and late 1950’s a dinghy SUE at Shaldon. Boiler formerly in BROWNIE.


Last Modified: 2021.03.22.


(Richard Hayne) Lac de Bouget, France, 1998

Photos


Windermere Rally 1998


Windermere Rally 1998


France, Nantes–Brest canal Rally 1999


France, Nantes–Brest canal Rally 1999


France, Nantes–Brest canal Rally 1999


Uandi in Folkestone harbour 1935


Uandi in Folkestone harbour 1961


Uandi as found in a farmers ditch near Reading 1991


Uandi during restoration, Cheshire, 1996

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