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19-03-15, 19:04
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Fairmiles
There were a few ex RCMP Fairmiles out here on the west coast and probably more if you knew what to look for. Most were modified to the point of being unrecognizable. One was shortened and used locally for a dive boat but it disappeared a few years ago. Wooden boats... If you think that some rusty old trucks are a money pit, then just wait until you get a boat. Wooden, even worse. The bigger, the cheaper to buy and more likely to never get done. Around the west coast, Bay Class minesweepers are (were) cheap, the YFP series built on Gabriola Island are around and would be more manageable, but I recall that with original power, they burned 16 gal per hour at 10kt cruise or close to that. My pension would be spent just on moorage...
Just the same as Rob Love, I like pretty much every military vehicle I see and have a few I should have left where they were. Anyone need a couple of lovely M37s.... 
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20-03-15, 03:26
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Yeah, I saw a couple of YFPs for sale on crown assets just last year..tempting, but as I haven't won the lottery...tempting is all they were...
Anyone see the Top Gear show where they were touring an ex soviet satellite Romania (?) and accidently came across an abandoned air base with jets just sitting there. abandoned..
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22-03-15, 15:39
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Hi Marc. About Blue Heron...my guess is that she was most likely broken up or had sunk where she was anchored. At the time, a Taxi driver was using her as a live aboard and she was anchored in a small cove just outside Halifax. She was stripped of most equipment but all the finished wood/teak paneling, bunks and ladders were still there. Fuel and fresh water tanks were also still in place. Prop shafts were still there but without props and had been cut just ahead of the glands/fitting that allowed passage thru the hull. Engines, funnel/smoke stack and other metal fittings were known to be at a local scrapyard.
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22-03-15, 16:14
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There's a Fairmile project underway in Sarnia...
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22-03-15, 16:24
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22-03-15, 16:30
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That's cute, it shows on the aerial imagery but when you go to Streetview it isn't there.
Thanks Charlie R
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22-03-15, 16:44
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Shape is right, size is about right....guess it wasn't there when they did the drive-by.
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