It is so very sad that an agreement between the parties cannot be reached - the family and museum understandably want the boat at Conniston and Mr Smith who has done a fantastic job wants to be able to use it. Is it really not possible that resolve these issues?
It would be wonderful to see the boat in the museum and fantastic to see it run on the water from time to time.
To many of us of a certain age we remember Campbells exploits and formed part of our youth - please please please come to an agreement.
I have followed the Bluebird Project diary from the beginning and I think back on the derision heaped on the Heritage Lottery Fund when they chose to not fund the Bluebird restoration. It seems that now, with the acrimony and threats between the parties that the HLF did in fact know what they were about. The restoration itself was a technical virtuoso but the aftermath a clusterf*ck. I hope that someday, cooler heads may prevail.