![]() Stardock said at one point when talking about why they chose not to implement multiplayer in galactic civilizations 2, a classic 4x in space that could have just “dropped in” another player controlling a second empire, said that basic multiplayer can end up hogging as much as 40% of the game’s budget. It can haul boats up to 200 tonnes on one of the two railway slips that Will and team restored and built new cradles for.Implementing multiplayer is a massive pain, even for games that already realistically support it from a gameplay perspective. It’s a century old, built to last forever and powered by a tractor engine. This photo was taken before our visit Will likes old, heavy-duty power tools that never die, like this stout pillar drill The winch was once used to haul out the old Lizard lifeboat and was found in a field and bought. The Vertue, called Thom Thumb, had a very comprehensive restoration. That’s the Brixham trawler Leader, 94 tonnes, with the black hull and, by way of contrast, a little Vertue on the left. Will built her in 2007, and she was slipped for annual maintenance for her owner, who plans to cruise the west country this summer. On the left of the photo is Alert, the 37ft (11.3m) replica of an 1835 smuggling lugger. ![]() Recently, there has been a sharp increase in these venerable gents’ motor yachts. At the nearby ABS boatyard, four of Will’s men are on contract to completely rebuild a 62ft (18.9m) Silver yacht. She’s a 72ft (21.9m) Silver motor yacht recently arrived and waiting while Will and her owner plan a course of action. That’s Integrity on the right – a 40-something foot yacht that has been slipped mast up! Will’s 15ft Expedition dinghy Thelma VI was on the slip on our visit. Now, boats up to 200 tonnes can be slipped – and most boats under about 50ft (15.2m) can be slipped fully rigged!Ī boatbuilder at work on the lugger Alert The yacht Belle Poule, outside the yard and awaiting restoration The size of this bollard, originally used to help pull ships up the slip, shows the scale of boatbuilding that went on here in years gone by Looking down the slip towards Plymouth Sound. The slip and building were restored by Stirling & Son (now a nine-man team!) with the aid of a £150,000 development grant. ![]() One of Will’s ancestors, Eliza Barlow, launched Nelson’s flagship HMS Foudroyant from this very spot in 1798 and now, buzzing with the hum of a diesel generator, the yard is at work again. The slip is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (like Stonehenge), which means the yard can only, by the terms of lease, be used for its original purpose: building and repairing wooden boats. The slip, built in 1763 for building Royal Navy ships, is the oldest of its kind in the world and still stands on MOD land, although these days nuclear submarines and frigates rather than wooden warships ply the estuary of the Tamar River, just a few feet away. Stirling & Son was a one-man band based out of a nearby farmer’s shed (freezing in February), but this June, the sun shone as I drove past disused rope walks and rocket launchers to the yard. Plymouth’s No 1 covered slipway was a shell on our last visit in winter 2012. ![]() It was built in 1763 for building Navy ships in wood, has the same listing as Stone Henge and today it’s back in use again. ![]()
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