With New Year in full swing, just Hermann and I were available to continue with the stripping, and a…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent. Removal of Pipework, New Year's Day

A team went to the vessel on Saturday 18^th December 2010 to start loosening off pipes which pass bet…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent. Preparation to Remove Superstructure

Another piece of good news is that the Steam Tug Alwyn Vintcent has been saved for preservation!

In…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent Saved Again for Preservation!

Keith Wetmore has been negotiating for the last two weeks with the Department of the Environment a…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent. Planning Session on the Vessel, Saturday 4th December 2010

We had been given a permit from the Department of the Environment to remove the cormorants from the…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent. Removal of the Cormorants. Wednesday 8th December 2010

On Monday evening 30^th August, the Villiersdorp Branch of the West Cape Tractor & Engine club met…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent. Villiersdorp Club glves the Green Light!

Can we stand back and watch this magnificent vessel being cut up for scrap? Today (26^th August…

Read more: Alwyn Vintcent, Last Steam Tug, to be Rescued?

Steam tug Alwyn Vintcent

The sands of time are fast running out for South Africa's last remaining…

Read more: Urgent Appeal to save Steam Tug Alwyn Vintcent