The damage does not seem to have been quite as bad as originally feared: also much of the ship had been removed for restoration - half the planking and the masts are in storage at the Chatham dockyard
The chief executive of the Cutty Sark Trust, Richard Doughty, said: "Buckling of the hull remains a big fear but until we do the measurements we are not going to know. With my naked eye, as far as I have been able to see, the structure of the ship seems to be intact."
Dr Eric Kentley, curatorial consultant to the Cutty Sark Trust, said of the ship: "It can be saved. It's certainly not completely devastated. We will put her back together - but it's going to take much, much longer and a lot more money than we originally thought."
I hope the fire was not as devastating as originally feared. The not-wife has a family link to the vessel – her great-great grandfather served aboard the ship in the 19th century
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The whole business saddens me. It may be difficult to believe, jams, but Texas has her own tall ship, the iron barque Elissa, which is only slightly younger than Cutty Sark, and is now fully functional and in sailing condition. Like the not-wife with Cutty Sark, I have a family connection to the ship Elissa: one of my few living cousins served as part of her crew some years back. I know how I would feel if (heaven forfend) anything should happen to the Elissa, and I sympathize with seafaring people in the UK, who must feel similar pain at the damage to Cutty Sark. Good luck on getting her restored.
Wow, she's quite the beaury Steve. I would be proud to ahve a connection with it. The signs are now that it can be restored. It will take years but it will be worth it. The Cutty Sark is a real beauty
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