Framar *UPDATE* Plans Underway for Fire brigade help

by Alun Williams taken today

By Alun Williams taken today

The boat has been checked over by the local Fire brigade and plans are underway to drain her out on Wednesday as this is not something that can be done without safety being the most paramount of importance.
please help by sharing and Caring and let everybody know as she needs to be saved because she is a Boat that deserves saving.  This is only possible if responsibility can be shared.
At this point saving her from the water is important.

Help us save 79 year Old Historic Boat

Framar takes on water

The Framar Sinks over night

The Framar has been through so much and David and his son Dean have been through so much to try and protect this boat so that it can become part of the River and Railway heritage trust for Lincolnshire.
After getting hit by many back falls and set backs caused by Vandalism in Lincoln the loss of all her original fenders and the Framar  life rings, and fuel drainage left the owners with endless problems that lead David and Dean to desperate life threatening moments that would put them both at serious risks to their own lives just to keep the boat alive.
David is Terminally ill and his son Dean who has walking trouble have not had any luck at all.
Saturday Morning Framar was spread around facebook that she has submerged.
Its expected that people will be meeting up from local communities to try and save this very historical boat.  "Its not until we start to lose something precious that we wake up and realize how important something is"
All the amazing stories this boat has to offer that is important and needs to be added to the educational plan giving schools a more colorful perspective of interests into our own history.
The weather has been mean but the main reason for her sinking was because impeller pipe complications that should offer a direct resolve as soon as she is drained.
This played its part in saving us during the war and now the tables have turned! This boat now needs the people to save her.
This boat can only be saved if we had a dedicated community of support to share the responsibility and care of the Framar.
 We can only hope that the Framar will be floating before the end of the day today so please follow this post and we will be able to keep you updated of her recovery,

Framar turns out to be historically linked to Lord Baden Powell

We got in-touch with a museum in the hope of getting evidence to show that Framar was involved in the Dunkirk evacuations. But in our response we found out something new that shows the Framar is a boat that needs to be saved as the following email shows:


Thank you for your enquiry. Unfortunately I can find no record of Framar taking part in the Dunkirk Evacuations. I have found her in 1939s Lloyd's Register of Yachts (see below), which confirms that she was built by J. Taylor in 1937 and shows she had two 8 cylinder Chrysler petrol engines, so she would have been a speedy boat. Her owner in 1939 was Capt. F. P. Marshall. He was a member of the Hayling Island Sailing Club, The Royal Southampton Yacht Club and The Old Carthusian Yacht Club
(whose Commodore in 1939 was Lord Baden-Powell and was a club for those who went to Charterhouse School). This indicates that Framar was probably based on the Solent or around Chichester harbour before the War.

So now we have this information it proves this boat needs saving so people ever forget her history.
Click on donate button on the right or get in-touch if you want to sponsor the boat and help her get restored and seen by everybody up and down the country.

If we can have her fully restored before 2017 we could celibate her 80th Birthday by having the framar go on a sea Adventure or do something epic that can be added to her History.

I Dean Bradford have wrote eight chapters of a Novel on this boat, the novel will be called Sunset Dreams, about a creative young boy who travels to the Isle of sky to stay with uncle after he leaves school to get away from disturbing issues, his uncle shows him the island via a microlite, but while his uncle is away on a business conference, this young boy watches the sun set as he dwells on issues he has left behind, and he is sure that he can see another land in the clouds, so one day he flies up by himself against his uncles knowLedge and travels to another land.
And makes a special friend, but what has happened?
Did he goto another land or is it just a dream?
I am writing this novel in away that makes the story very interesting yet very un predictable.
I have also re invented ways to move around my story using crossing path events, of objects and nature and his uncle has 3 pets, 2 ferrits and a Maw cat that together with the whole adventure make a really compelling story.

So helping me save the framar, also helps me finish my book.

A Boat with a colourful history

Framar gets reviewed by the Lincolnshire echo as a boat with a lot of stories in it, and being a chance to share it with the local people of Lincolnshire.
Please click on image to see it close up , or download to view closer up.





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Framar in Lincoln

The boat has had a bit of a make over for my 40th Birthday on Saturday as we are moored outside the Green Dragon pub.

All flagged up with a RAF symbol and British flag.

Also had reporter and photographer take interest in the colourful history of this great boat.

We are interested in making it nice inside the boat also, for example the style of fabric on these boxes I saw in a shop would be great for the boats seating, we need help with sowing and having so local talents help bring the boat to life.

Here I have a buffet at the Laughing Buddha in Lincoln on Sunday,
Also I can now declare that I have never been stung by a wasp or bee and made it to 40 years of age on Saturday the 28th
Now that's something to be proud of,
Also today on Monday 30th I drove our boat through the glory hole to brayford and made it through the crocked bridge under stokes cafe, it's only possible to get through if I slightly zig zag as I flow through, but now I am used to it even though my roof has a close shave every time I go through.
Now we want to get the boat sorted out for winter, normally the boat is moored in Boston, but after the battle with the waters last winter I would like the boat to be accessible anytime so I can keep the boat floating strong.
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Nature by the River

The nature by the river is so special that I am going to show you some of the wild plants and the wonderful world that is hidden from the city and I am dedicated in bringing you some amazing pictures so please follow this blog and keep smiling.
I know these pictures are not about the boat, but its about the nature that i surrounds the boat.

I don't know the name of this plant but I have seen it talked about in wild foods on TV about 15 years ago. It's said that the black mark in the leaf is the Virgin Mary's thumb print. And when harvested and cooked it resembles spinach. But I recommend you don't eat them until you find information that is upto date.

This flower that looks like a giant daisy is amazing for use as a herbal teas infusion. It has a slight rich taste that also has a wonderful sent when dried out.


I don't know what this is called but the leaves were very pretty so I had to share. Please leave a comment or get in touch if you know the names of any of these wild plants





I got a nice flying shot of a swift slowing down to land, and to top it off the tree had lots of cute young swifts,










Look at them all, right time right place to see a family of swifts landed in a tree.




The humble bumble











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