As Martin says, this has been covered in other threads on the same subject...
http://boatmad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16879
With the latest correspondence between Mike James and NMM here:
http://boatmad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18878
I don't think that the Museum are averse to loaning Surfury for display (as she was displayed for years at Basildon) - it's just that there are, at present, no suitable secure, adequately funded or large enough premises to do so...
They would probably consider restoration (under their supervision or by the museum itself) if someone else were prepared to pay for it - provided they thought this worthwhile and if there were enough public interest to justify it.
Like it or not (and perhaps they don't like it either, these days..) they are the sole custodians of this vessel and it was left to the nation under their care and responsibility. They (I presume) are unable to authorise any proposal that takes Surfury out of their control and away from their direct supervision.
So when one of us wins the Euromillions, please can we have:
a) A dedicated building for a museum somewhere along the South Coast (an old hangar or ramshackle collection of boatsheds would be ideal..)
b) An endowment fund to secure its long-term future
c) Volunteers to help run it
d) Vastly overpaid know-it-all to supervise the whole shebang...
I'd like to be the first to put myself forward for d)
I know it... I'll be a c) !!