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What do we do with a sunken houseboat?

On 16 Feb 2018 at 7:11pm Captain Birdsbeak wrote:

Shame to see the quirky houseboat on the Ouse through the tunnel has sunk but I guess it was only a matter of time.
Someone's dream is very wet.

On 16 Feb 2018 at 7:23pm Sad wrote:

A bit like my dreams of happiness.

On 16 Feb 2018 at 7:24pm Border Control wrote:

Can you just dump a boat in the river ?

On 16 Feb 2018 at 9:26pm Robert Maxwell wrote:

Put 'im in the scuppers with the hosepipe ban on 'im...

On 17 Feb 2018 at 4:41pm Popeye wrote:

Here it is. What a shame

On 17 Feb 2018 at 7:51pm Yellow wrote:

Sad sad. Love the boat.

On 17 Feb 2018 at 9:26pm If that was a caravan wrote:

on a road in Lewes you lot would moan like *uck. Not the river.

On 17 Feb 2018 at 9:40pm Bob wrote:

Is that the boat that had be rescued at Southease as it made its way up river a few years ago? Did anyone actually live on it?

On 18 Feb 2018 at 10:14am Scoobydoo wrote:

Yes it's the boat everyone has been talking about such a shame that this has happened it's been h
the talk of lewes over the years and a part of lewes... from what I've heard it took the bloke 6 years to make it but now sadly he's on a long holiday.. it's so sad to see it in that condition people have been trying to locate his can't but no one has come forward yet

On 19 Feb 2018 at 5:19pm Shocked wrote:

Does anyone know when it happened? How?
If anyone say anything suspicious, anyone having around... PLEASE post your comments on here
and/or call the police with any information on : 101

On 19 Feb 2018 at 8:23pm Scoobydoo wrote:

One of the boat ropes that was attached to it has been cut from what we have been told currently there are a lot of vans down there trying to save it the daughter of the owner Charlotte podesta did comment on one of these forums 2 years ago so she might be able to contact to tell her what's happened it must of happened Thursday night as when my son's girlfriend went to work that evening it's was in a sorry state

On 20 Feb 2018 at 4:55pm charlotte podesta wrote:

This is my dads boat hes away for the next 2 years , my uncle should be taking care of it in next few days ..

On 20 Feb 2018 at 5:06pm Shocked again wrote:

Thanks for the photos, if there are more please post. It would be interesting to the last photo before this happened...and the police would be interested to see too. In the first picture taken from the other side of the bank, what is that huge metal looking thing wedged into the railings of the boat...or is that just the jetty/pontoon?
Amazing that people are saving the boat. There is hope in the world... The police and council are saying they will secure the boat to stop it drifting.

On 21 Feb 2018 at 11:29am charlotte podesta wrote:

this is my dads boat i had no idea about any of this untill yesterday when sombody had put a missin persons report out for me for some reason... but yes if its just a rope then we can get it back up

On 21 Feb 2018 at 12:23pm Scoobydoo wrote:

These are the ones I've got that started in interest it's the fact that normally everyday myself or my son's girlfriend walk past it to go to work in the evenings she sent me these as we talk about the boat nearly everyday saying how amazing it is and such an unsusal boat to build so much craftsmanship to have the patience to do it