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Thread #101824   Message #3301927
Posted By: Kampervan
04-Feb-12 - 06:06 AM
Thread Name: Cutty Sark fire: what happens now?
Subject: RE: Cutty Sark fire: what happens now?
They've raised her up so that there's access underneath her, and built a glass canopy all round her at the same height as the water level would be if she were afloat.

So as you look at her she now seems to float in a sea of glass and there will be a visitor centre beneath the glass canopy so that you can see the whole of the hull.

When she sat on her keel she weas collapsing under her own weight, ships are made to float, not sit on the bottom! So now she's been reinforced and is supported around her waist so the risk of long term damage is greatly reduced.

It's going to be a wonderful sight when it's finished.

K/van