Yerba Buena

Worthy Dan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:32:24 GMT

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	[[Image: Yerba_buena.jpg\|thumb\|Yerba Buena, near the end of her days.]]		[[Image: Yerba_buena.jpg\|thumb\|Yerba Buena, near the end of her days.]]
-	Yerba Buena was a WWI torpedo boat built in the early 20's. She was scrapped in 2006 to make way for [[Dunolly]], after attempts to patch her up became ever more futile.	+	Yerba Buena was a WWI torpedo boat built.
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		+	She was owned in the 1970s-80s by Nic Young, then artistic director of Worthing's Connaught Theatre. While living on her, he left the Connaught to form Rainbow Theatre, touring schools across the south east with historical plays and workshops.
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		+	She was later rebuilt by Hamish Mackenzie, giving her superstructure a distinctive curved appearance.
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		+	Artist Karin Paish lived on Yerba Buena, and used her as the base for the Alchemic Resource Centre, an arts centre dedicated to a series of projects exploring individual colours.
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		+	She was scrapped in 2006 to make way for [[Dunolly]], after attempts to patch her up became ever more futile.
	[[Category: Houseboats]]		[[Category: Houseboats]]

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