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The Yavari Project |
The following letter has been received at RINA Headquarters
Dear Mr. Blakeley,
As you know, we owe you and the Institute a great debt of gratitude for finding for us our volunteer Project Manager. I shan't ever forget receiving your prompt response to my desperate cry from Lake Titicaca on top of the Andes!
I should like very much to speak to you see whether or not you can perform another miracle for us, but in the meanwhile, I have much pleasure in enclosing a copy of our recently published "Yavari History" for your interest and, if it is deemed worthy, for your Library.
The Yavari is now restored and attracts some 12,000 visitors a year, but she remains tied up. If she is to be able to sail with passengers, the vessel needs to be modified to comply with SOLAS etc. A set of 50 Drawings has been prepared and the team is on stand by to start the work, but we need the funds. H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh has very kindly launched our Appeal for the comparatively modest amount of £350,000 which now stands at £287.000. We're trying to spread the word through magazine articles and I did an interview with Libby Purves on Radio 4's Midweek- which, tragically, was curtailed because we ran out of time!
That is the situation today, summed up on the enclosed flyer. We're knocking on many doors looking for pointers and ideas as to whom we should be approaching, so I hope that you may be able to direct me wheresoever........
Yours sincerely,
Meriel Larken
Project Director
Details of the Yavari Project are posted in the News section of the Technical Forum - Historical |
| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:00 pm |
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