Vintage tug. Steadfast

Vintage tug. Steadfast A vintage tug in search of an adventure

Happy Christmas from Chatham Historic Ships pontoon
24/12/2022

Happy Christmas from Chatham Historic Ships pontoon

12/10/2022

A little record of our Waverley trip.

What's the collective noun for a group of retired tugs?
10/10/2022

What's the collective noun for a group of retired tugs?

We'd love to take Steadfast to the Clyde but in the meantime the Clyde came to Steadfast. Here we are chasing the magnif...
08/10/2022

We'd love to take Steadfast to the Clyde but in the meantime the Clyde came to Steadfast. Here we are chasing the magnificent Waverley

Now that autumn is drawing in I should tell you about some of the maintenance Steadfast has had over the summer, most re...
30/09/2022

Now that autumn is drawing in I should tell you about some of the maintenance Steadfast has had over the summer, most recently the anchor chain. I've known for some time that it's not a good idea to have the end of the anchor chain shackled to the boat as it was on Steadfast. A short length of rope at the bitter end enables the ground tackle to be easily cut away in case of emergency. Pulling the chain out of the locker to splice on a rope, to shackle the end to the boat, also gave me the chance to measure and mark it. It turns out that there is a little over 45m of chain which i've marked every 5m. Three links yellow, green and red. Then six links of each colour and then nine of yellow and green followed by the last two meters in red to mark the end.

Steadfast has come up the Thames estuary into London again. It's very subdued here in St Katherine Dock this morning wit...
09/09/2022

Steadfast has come up the Thames estuary into London again. It's very subdued here in St Katherine Dock this morning with all ensigns at half mast, but we're looking forward to seeing old friends and new at a lower key classic boat festival. Come and say Hi.

30/06/2022

Steadfast returning to the UK. Bruges - Nieuwpoort - Ramsgate. The little tug enjoying a bit of travel in her retirement after a working life pottering around Southampton Water.

26/05/2022

This is the fella we followed through Bruges town. The Rio Negro. She's like an open sesame for swing bridges

Bruges is lovely. Lots of lift bridges for us to negotiate, but following a big commercial barge seemed a good way of ge...
25/05/2022

Bruges is lovely. Lots of lift bridges for us to negotiate, but following a big commercial barge seemed a good way of getting them opened quickly

Last night.....Onwards to Bruges
23/05/2022

Last night.....Onwards to Bruges

Having fun at the wonderful Oostende voor Anker
22/05/2022

Having fun at the wonderful Oostende voor Anker

Not a bad view from our bed.
20/05/2022

Not a bad view from our bed.

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