Historic Boat Brage1/ibeke

11/05/2021

It’s been a eventful 10 months.

Thanks to COVID 19 we have struggled to find anybody who can work on our little old boat after our engine issues last year.

On Sunday we finally heard our old girl run for the first time since July!

There’s lots of work that still needs to be done but we are one step closer to being back out on the water!!

I’ll be posting updates every few days and hopefully we can have her out on another grand tour very soon 🎉

28/07/2020

What’s that on the horizon? It’s The Pirate Boat!! They’re coming to Pennington Flash this weekend, selling there wares, trading their badges and most of all flogging their traditional ice creams!!

Our engine aboard Brage1/ibeke may be out of action but we will try and get a tug over for the weekend to join the festivities ☺️🎉☺️

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15/06/2020

We love a good thunderstorm 🌈

03/06/2020

80 years ago today operation Dynamo came to a close as our little boat made her final landing back home to Great Britain, from a heroic bout retrieving our troops from the beaches around Dunkirk.

So today we say thank you in a slightly different way,
This month marks Pride Month for our LGBTQ community, even back when it was still illegal to identify as LGBTQ you fought for our country and for our freedom.

From troops working our home front to those fighting on the frontline, to the father of modern computing who cracked the enigma code, Alan Turing!

We say THANKYOU and will be flying a Rainbow “Freedom” flag from our wheelhouse mast for the whole of June.

29/05/2020

Nothing better than a beautiful evening watching a stunning sunset behind brage1/ibeke.
Even more so with a beer or two. ☺️

Have a fab night folks!

29/05/2020

THEY’VE ARRIVED!

Brage1/ibeke postcards ft. Our full story of how a little Norwegian fishing boat became a heroic naval vessel during the Second World War.

29/05/2020

There’s nothing better than Put-putting along at 3 mph

27/05/2020

We have a special delivery arriving tomorrow to hopefully raise some funds for our hull repairs thanks to a very generous postcard donation from Dec N Jayne Bibby

Brage 1/ibeke Postcards featuring our VE weekend tour and our full heroic story that will be available from our boat side ☺️

26/05/2020

For those who missed it this evening here’s the re-run of “Little Ships - The Miracle Of Dunkirk”

Keep eyes peeled for artefacts that can also be seen on display beside our little ship ☺️

Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk, Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00snjw1 via

Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.

26/05/2020

80 years ago today our little boat set off from Ramsgate alongside approximately 850 other vessels to the beaches of Dunkirk.

See exactly how our little boat was requisitioned and used on the BBC documentary ‘Miracle of little ships” about to start now (7pm)

25/05/2020

A little video from one of our followers today. Cheers Mick!!

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Historic Dunkirk Rescue Boat Brage1 at Wigan Pier

25/05/2020

We made it back to the marina!!

Huge thanks to Frazer for the tow and to Peter from The Wigan Flight Crew for assisting with the locks.
It was a real team effort ☺️

She shall be back running in the coming days once our engineer comes to give our engine the once over 💪🏻

We’re off for tea and a scrub.
Night everyone 🛥✊🏻🛥