{"id":8,"date":"2016-06-06T12:48:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2016-06-08T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T12:37:17","slug":"la-belle-dame-1967-no-672","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"La Belle Dame 1967 (No 672)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/?attachment_id=7'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/La-Belle-Dame-2-e1465222668807-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"La Belle Dame trailing dinghy in calm waters ,overall view forward starboard quarter\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7'>\n\t\t\t\tLa Belle Dame in calm waters\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/?attachment_id=6'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Val-Walter-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Portrait of Val and Walter\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6'>\n\t\t\t\tOwners of La Belle Dame, Val &#038; Walter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>La Belle Dame, Owned for many years by Walter and Val Martin<br \/>\nCurrently thought to be lying in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>La Belle Dame was stolen from her moorings in 1969 but eventually recovered abandoned in the salt marshes in Essex. She was returned to Ramparts, where the engine hours indicated that the vessel was used on a voyage which could have taken it to Holland and back.<br \/>\nAt the time, it was speculated that the vessel was used to take Ronnie Biggs (the Great Train robber) to Holland after his escape from Jail, the dates all matched. It was also speculated that the vessel was used for drug or gun running. We will never know for sure but the vessel was certainly not stolen for a weekend jaunt.<\/p>\n<p>Walter, a WW11 glider pilot, and his wife Val, spent many happy years cruising in La Belle Dame and when she was eventually sold she went to Trieste, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>La Belle Dame 1967, Build No: 672, Reg No: 333743<br \/>\nTwin Screw<br \/>\nLength: 48ft<br \/>\nBeam: 12ft<br \/>\nDraft: 4ft 1in<br \/>\nHull: Mahogany on CRE Timbers<br \/>\nDecks: Teak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Belle Dame, Owned for many years by Walter and Val Martin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,3],"tags":[5,4,24],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-41ft-and-over","category-boats","tag-1960s","tag-48ft","tag-twin-screw"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rampartownersclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}