Naked Shamrock

Regular visitor to Cotehele Quay will have noticed that Shamrock has not been fully rigged and looks a bit sparse with only her main and mizzen masts showing. This is the result of a hole being found in one of her hull planks, just above the water line amidships on the starboard side, caused by a mooring rope rubbing on a section of rot during a period of high winds. Shamrock will now need to be completely de rigged and hauled out once her slipway rails have been renewed. When she is high and dry on the dockside, the offending plank will be renewed, her keelson repaired, at least one other hull plank that is known to be rotten renewed, the renewal of any other planks found to be rotten and finally, once back in the dock, fit her engine.

The damaged plank.

Visitor access to Shamrock has been improved with the manufacture of a ramp that fits under the end of the gangway and gently sloops down onto the cargo hatch boards, thus allowing the not quite so nimble to go on board her. Shamrock's 'Meet and Greet' volunteers are also being pampered with the addition of an all-weather shelter in the form of a hut complete with veranda.