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Wednesday 20 December 2017
New maritime centre in Hartlepool
Two British wooden boat
enthusiasts – Anthony Wheaton
(owner of Aeolus) and Pelham Olive
(owner of Kelpie) – have parted with
£20,000 of their own money to
buy 25 boats at the recent
EISCA auction, with the aim of
forming a new maritime centre
for Hartlepool and nearby
Middlesbrough.
The boats are fi
ve working boats, 14 classic
dinghies including nine
International 14s, and six small
wooden craft.
The first stage of
assembling these boats at
Teesside has been completed and six of them have now been
moved to Hartlepool Marina. To ensure the collection has a
sustainable future, Hartlepool Marina, Middlesbrough College and local Teesside businesses have come on board to create employment training schemes, a boatbuilding school and traditional sail-training funded by a range of government sources.
The scheme was to start in December, which will generate funding for the collection.
A further £20,000 is sought to transport more boats to Hartlepool and Middlesbrough and to set up the workshops for trainees to start repairing them.
Hartlepool Marina is a centre of maritime heritage with the Naval Museum and HMS Trincomalee, the oldest British warship still a oat; the collection’s boats will be shown to the public on the quay and in the water, and some will be sailed in the marina.
Middlesbrough College is in the old docks and intends to locate the boatbuilding school on the quayside. The classic dinghy collection will be maintained by the school and in the summer the dinghy eet will visit regattas in the UK to demonstrate and allow sailors to experience classic dinghy sailing.
For more information and to make a donation, please contact Anthony Wheaton, anthony@aeolus1904.com, 07803 389 676
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