If you missed our most recent radio interview with Terry Powel at Express FM, you can listen to it here.
The annual Christmas Newsletter is the fifth sent out by the Trust and what astonishing progress has been made since the first! Thanks, principally, to last year’s grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, but also to the continuing generosity of our friends and supporters, we now have BOLEH well on her way to being fully restored.
BOLEH, with her unique design and rig, will be back in the water and in all respects operational as a working historic ship at the beginning of September next year. We are making good progress in securing her future as a Portsmouth based sail training vessel for young people in the area.
As you will also read in the Newsletter, we have four apprentices on a full training programme and a remarkable tale to tell of other young people benefitting from the Boleh Project. We aim, with your help, to continue these very worthwhile activities.
Our volunteers have been working hard delving into Boleh’s history and creating a digital catalogue to bring her story alive.
We were pleased to see to many of our close friends and supporters yesterday, who joined us in celebrating 12 months of Heritage Lottery Funding.
Prior to the award of our lottery grant, the ongoing support by so many of those who joined us, kept the enthusiasm alive to enable this fantastic project to continue.
Since receiving our grant in November 2012, we have achieved so much, both with Boleh’s restoration, and the achievements of our 4 apprentices and it was a joy to celebrate.
Thank you!
BBC Radio Solent recently invited us in for an interview to talk about our project, you can listen to the interview here.
Despite the strong winds and road closures, we had a fantastic turn out at our last open day. With over 200 people coming to see the progress on the restoration of the historic junk yacht, Boleh.
It was lovely to see so many returning faces and share the experience with many new people wishing to hear more about project.
If you missed the chance to visit the workshop during our open days in 2013, look out for news on the open day before we return Boleh to sea in 2014.
Big Thanks to Ed and Carolyn Phillips for taking the Boleh team sailing on ‘Dream Voyager’ this week.
A great day had by all, and it was a fantastic opportunity for the team to work together and experience the training that Boleh can offer following her restoration.
The Boleh team were today, pleased to host a visit from the Captain and CEO of HMS Warrior, Ken Jones along with his Executive Officer, Tony and Shipwright, Bob.
We are keen to share Boleh’s interesting and unique story with other organisations and were delighted to show the team around. We were also fascinated to hear more about the on-board restoration and maintenance for HMS Warrior.
We were pleased to host a visit from a group of apprentices from BAE Systems yesterday.
The group of apprentices visited our workshop, heard all about Boleh’s fascinating story and saw the work that our apprentices are currently carrying out.
This comes as a current initiative which allows both Boleh Project and BAE’s apprentices to visit both sites and experience the difference in scale within the maritime industry.
Another successful open day with over 100 visitors, many of which were returning visitors interested in watching the progress of both the restoration and the apprentices.
It was lovely to see so many returning faces and have the opportunity to share our project with you.
With the restoration progressing well, there will be only 1 more open day (October 27th) to see the work before we open again when this historic junk yacht, Boleh is complete and ready to be returned to the water.
