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You’ll have to wait to see the newly renovated 1902, SL Osprey<\/a>, pictured above before her renovation. Here though is a preview below, just as she was being relaunched the other day. She’ll be open to the public when the Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories reopens.<\/p>\n 1902, SL Osprey.<\/p><\/div>\n The Windemere steamboat museum fell into disrepair a number of years ago, but in recent years there has been a multi-million pound redevelopment with a fantastic new set of buildings<\/a>, although the Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories<\/a> renovation is still ongoing. A fortune having been spent on the boat collection in the meantime, with vessels being expertly restored under the guidance of Stephen Beresford.<\/p>\n Chris Dobson Marine were chosen to carry out all the wiring on the collection and so far they have rewired the steam launch Osprey, a passenger carrying boat which uses Victron batteries and battery monitoring. The vessel whilst having the appearance of the original steamboat has modern electrics for bilge pumps, navigation lights and VHF radio to ensure it complies with regulations for passenger carrying vessels.<\/p>\n The classic Chris Craft, Jane will also be a museum feature, which uses Victron batteries and a Victron Cyrix unit. The rest of her wiring has been carried out using cloth covered wire so that it has the appearance of the original wiring, all done by Chris Dobson Marine.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/05\/SL-Osprey-launched_70314771-690x782.jpg\")
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