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Dave is convinced Oakdale can be saved and a fund has been set up for that purpose. I am keenly interested because I know Dave well, I have photographed Oakdale on many occasions, sunsets, storms and as a foreground for star photography.
Well I went on a recky this evening and caught up with Dave.
The condition of the boat is worse than I was expecting, yet Dave is confident he will have Oakdale floating again by autumn. "It only needs seven planks." Dave assures me. Mmmm, we will see. It would be great if he can revive it but it looks bad.
I am planning to venture down tonight, aiming for a single, long, time exposure to the North with the fisheye. Planning to include the ruder prime central at the bottom of the image and most of the boat and rigging including an anchor rope, Polaris and star trails, with the Lake District mountains hopefully in silhouette. Moon doesn't rise until 03:15 so I won't have any help (or hinderance!) there, the high tide is at 04:24 which will mean about a Metre of water where I plan to stand... So I will have to be back to the shore by about 02:00 or so. Oakdale is sat on sand, about 7.2 Metres above tidal datum.
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Robert.