tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post5236050750497033997..comments2024-03-09T14:23:38.178+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: The Restored Cutty SarkJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-83177040093190952192012-12-09T14:40:07.772+00:002012-12-09T14:40:07.772+00:00No books yet, but I was tempted in the Cutty Sark&...No books yet, but I was tempted in the Cutty Sark's shop by one called "Square Rigger Days"JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-45011006740414320082012-12-06T18:58:18.621+00:002012-12-06T18:58:18.621+00:00From just a few things available on the Interwebs,...From just a few things available on the Interwebs, it paints as a classic picture of the preservationists on one side and commercial interests on the other, with local pols not up to the job in the middle. Mix in bean counters arguing for a revenue source rather than an ongoing revenue drain, and it seems to have ended the way such things usually do.<br /><br />I'd guess there will be some books about all of this. Any yet?<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-24428994307983919092012-12-06T13:34:35.685+00:002012-12-06T13:34:35.685+00:00The TV program about the restoration did not give ...The TV program about the restoration did not give confidence in the management team. They certainly had enough money - the budget was over £ 50 million.<br /><br />The question I have was what the options were and which of them could have left her more of a seaworthy ship. It might be that they all would leave so little left that you might as well start again, and in the process a lot more would have be destroyed.<br /><br />The real crime was probably insufficient attention earlier on to let her end up in the state where there weren't any good options left.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-6388134638791086082012-12-06T09:00:23.526+00:002012-12-06T09:00:23.526+00:00When I first heard of this, I assumed they lacked ...When I first heard of this, I assumed they lacked the funds for a proper restoration, so they'd come up with a plan to display the ship without making it seaworthy.<br /><br />But it sounds like they've spent far more than a restoration would have cost and have destroyed a national treasure in the process. The more you read about this, the more administrative bungling is revealed. Even the fire seems to have been caused by mismanagement. What a tragedy. <br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-74492914404778743662012-12-05T01:14:33.324+00:002012-12-05T01:14:33.324+00:00And I'll take another round.And I'll take another round.Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.com