Irene of Bridgwater aground for refit

Photodocumentary of Irene of Bridgwater being refitted in the river Linher in winter 2023/2024. The boat goes up and down every day twice with the tide, floating in high water and aground in low water.
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[@peterradclyffe8056]

i was shipwright foreman on her restoration in london,bristol and glos

[@nickviner1225]

I now live in Australia but in my youth used to spend my weekends on J.N.R. also a west country trading ketch. It was the home for a friend of my Mother's when she was a child.
I would love to find out what happend to her as I am very sure my friend would be well passed by now.
She, JNR was seventy tons and seventy foot loa.

[@bobstay1]

Great to see Iris Mary CK105 in there as well, she's a favourite of mine. Hope she and Irene are both well!

[@j.jordan.clariana]

They are! Both with exaiting futures ahead

[@msf60khz]

Hope she will soon be at sea again, exploring the Devon and Cornwall coasts. I saw Irene at Brixham when I was crewing on Leader.

[@j.jordan.clariana]

This season she will be sailing with Turn to starboard doing trips out of Falmouth.

[@sempertalis1230]

Please take care of her. She is a beauty 😍
With horror i noticed she is bleeding rust through the hull planks.

[@olivethrush7450]

Good to see her again. Takes me back a few years. Launched in 1907 if she is who I think she is. Did not have the 'of Bridgewater' suffix when I knew her. Heard she had been almost wrecked in Honduras but seems now back in loving care once more.

[@j.jordan.clariana]

She is the one. She was rebuilt after the fire in the Caribbean and is back sailing in good shape

[@ianscott3180]

I sailed her to the Scilly Isles a few years ago. She is looking a bit sad in this video, I hope she returns to the open water soon.

[@j.jordan.clariana]

She have been now over a year in the mud berth. She will be soon sailing again looking fantastic as always.