guslaw :
I have revisied the Golden Hind model and I think this is Bryce specific issue. I have tried to import obj version of golden hind into Bryce 5.0 . While the output look is the same as it should be , the mesh parts are weirdly named and did not contain the original geometry information.
When importing this model into XSI 5.1  I end up with correct mesh model (original mesh names and correct mesh parts )
It look like this in XSI 
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and like this in Vue.
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As you can see , there are original mesh parts&names , so there should be no issues like that.

I should try to prepare Bryce version , but it could take a lot of time ( I am kinda bryce noob :) ) and it could screw  the compatibility with others programs. it's somehow my fault that i did not check the geometry more deeply in Bryce. I'll update the product page with this issue

Anyway guslaw no need to apology , you acted really reasonable

kaol