Lucky

Merman spotted out in Bristol Channel

Lucky Severn out and about

Lucky Severn saw a few days of action down in St.Davids and St.Donats.
In theses images you can see Saul on the point of physical breakdown after being bucked from the rubber ring of death and then having to climb back on. I'm going to post  a load of these images as I want to celebrate the glory of such a cool little boat.

To Date Portfolio..

Blip Blip Blip Leeds Robin Jenkins and Juan Cruz

Poseidons Adventure, Chin Up, Chopping Block Gallery

A Second on The Severn Sea, Film As Measure

A Second On The Severn Sea Film
A Second on The Severn Sea, Test Bed 1, Battersea

A Second on the Severn Sea, Bronze, H2O, Chelsea Future Space

And the winner is.....

It was close but here's the winner. Well done Luke Walker of Battersea, the de-cals are being printed now. A close second was Drunken Purchase by the lovely Zoe Tribello of Hampshire.

Look out for more action featuring the newly named Lucky Severn.

Gnarly Sharks

These ruffians are cast from pewter in a silicon mold I made last week. They're totally badass and I will be exhibiting and selling them in sets of 6. The seventh shark is the prize won by our fave blog watcher, Gambo.

who's winning now?

A list of the front runners... 

Drunken purchase

Lucky Severn

Naimh

Das Boat.

Disco Volante

Valhalla

Barry Island Blow Fish

keep voting....

Some Crazy names for a crazy boat:

....but which one do you like best?
vote for your favorite on Facebook or by commenting here.
If you don't like any of them you can always try a late entry, you need to get some campaigners behind you though, I won't take any any unsolicited attempts.

 


Disco Volante
giovanni giorgio
Bobbin Robin
Orange crush.
dick grayson
Pedro!
R3D red? or R2..
Buck
Miami
Bob Owen
Billy Evans
Speed
no
Nash Boy
Severn Boy
Yeaaahhhh Boooooyyyy
Flash
Zap
Twat
Richard Parker (Tiger)
Tango-a-go-go
Barry Island Blow Fish
Drunken purchase
Sober Surprise
Heisenberg
Vomit-comet
Valhalla
Spindrift
Tangerine-whiplash
The Ochreous Plunger
Das Boat.
Vailea
Barry
Peregrine
Lucky Severn
Nathalie Imbruglia
Jeff
Syren
Sweet Keith!
Snake eyes !
General Lee Jenkins
Fire-bird
Clint
Orange crush
Red Robin !
Naimh
Killer
oh wow!
Rex
Lady Marmalade!
Starsky
Tango and Splash
tELL ME THAT'S NOT YOURS?
Monica
Man darin
Fanta Sea
Doom
Poppa Cappin Yoass
Hermione
Graham
Orange Bandit.
When are we off to Nash sandbar then..?!
Where would you fit your board?
Das Boat.
Vailea

It ain't all doom and gloom.. Competition 2

So finally I get it to sea and she bucks her engine whilst pirouetting on a turn to go and pick up Mich after reaching what felt like light speed and lasted about 2 minutes. 2 days of engine dismantle and rebuild and it's better then ever. Look out for more speedboat action right hear... In the mean time: Competition number 2: This little speed demon ain't got no name... she's on the open seas without a handle.. So who ever can come up with a fitting Monica get's to win... The Prize? Smashing a bottle of fizz across her bow, a rip around the bay and a photo opportunity to hang on your wall for evermore.

Get your suggestions in at robinebjenkins@hotmail.com...

An emotional end

Thursday the 27th of June, 2013 marked the end of a 50 year project. In the early 1960's a ground breaking ideas was started when the gates of St. Donats Castle opened as the first United World College, Atlantic College. It was the result of some brilliant thinking by Kurt Hahn (see http://www.uwc.org/ for more information) and many other peoples vision and rigor, one of whom was the first Head Master, Real Admiral Desmond Hoare.  Hoare's role included the development of the first Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat; RIB (http://www.atlanticcollege.org/news-1/2010/05/25/the-rib-by-david-sutcliffe/) to learn more click the link.
I will not go in to detail here as it is a lengthy story, so I will just report on the final chapter.

The RNLI have owned the patent for the RIB after buying it from Atlantic College for £1 back in the seventies. Since then they have developed and evolved the design of one of the most successful SAR boats in the history of Lifeboating, it has also succeeded as the most popular boat in the world of sea faring and outstrips the success of any other type of boat on the market.

The Atlantic Class Lifeboat (named after its birth place) is now in its third evolution, from 21, to 75 and now 85 (the numbers indicating its length, 21feet, 7.5 and 8.5 Meters) Atlantic Colleges departing boat was an Atlantic 75. The next step for AC would be to have an 85, however the implications of making this change meant an unrealistic upheaval and major alterations to the seafront. The point of view from the RNLI was that this project was no longer viable.

For those of us who have taken part in this incredible piece of history, this final event has come as a major disappointment.  We have tried to resist this ultimate decision yet it appears the decision had been made and there was no room to maneuver.
I have been involved with AC lifeboat since the early 90's (and actually since childhood if you count watching the boat launch on regular occasion and also trying to get involved with the recovery and preparations of the boats which I group up next to).

This does not end the story however, it merely finishes a chapter. A new project is in hand and we have already started the ball rolling. I will update you all with details in future postings so keep clicking.

Above you see image of the last voyage of Atlantic College ILB, in the top and bottom image you can see me looking pretty glum about it all (behind the helm with the beard, possibly crying). Below you see some of the results of how we celebrated the end of an amazing experience.