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htumblehome

Builders sometimes take liberties

October 23, 2011 by charlie

This summer I was doing some refit work on Mat Ali.  She is a Harrison Butler Khamseen, built in peninsular Malaya during 1935.  An interesting boat with lots of stories to tell no doubt. Part of the refit work meant removing the (non original) rubbing strake to access the chainplates and once off it became … Read more

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