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    interesting woodie

    I was out at Delta Boat Works yesterday and found this little puppy in the slings.

    And for all the marbles, 100 bonus points, and a big 'ol attaboy...

    Who can identify it?

    Some hints:

    It's not from around here...by a long shot!

    The transom really does taper down to about 8", it has almost no freeboard at the stern.

    In the cockpit there is a removable hatch allowing access to clear the prop - the river she orriginally opperated on has a lot of trash.

    She's older than she looks - I would have guessed at least a decade newer.

    She has a good size keel.



    Don
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    I don't know what it is, but I love it. I'm guessing English, very late 40s or early 50s. Eager to hear the answer, as I suspect I am WAY off.

    Also curious what else you found out about the history of this boat. Cool find.
    "I don't have time to get into it, but he went through a lot." -Pulp Fiction

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    25ft Electric Slipper Launch
    • Beam 5ft Draught 1ft 8in
    • Built 1992 by Peter Freebody & Co.
    • Mahogany on oak
    • Nexus 2kw electric motor
    • Onboard battery charger
    • Removable forward cuddy
    • Comfortably seats 4/5
    • 2 Lloyd Loom chairs
    • Removable mid-cockpit picnic table
    • Pram hood fastens to cuddy
    • Boat Safety Certificate expires 22nd February 2011
    • Location: Windsor, UK

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    Freebody slipper stern launch.
    About 25'.
    Built in the UK.

    See page 25 of Maynard Bray Guide to Wooden Power Boats.

    I would say the body of water it currently boats on could use a good landscaper!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fogducker III View Post
    25ft Electric Slipper Launch
    • Beam 5ft Draught 1ft 8in
    • Built 1992 by Peter Freebody & Co.
    • Mahogany on oak
    • Nexus 2kw electric motor
    • Onboard battery charger
    • Removable forward cuddy
    • Comfortably seats 4/5
    • 2 Lloyd Loom chairs
    • Removable mid-cockpit picnic table
    • Pram hood fastens to cuddy
    • Boat Safety Certificate expires 22nd February 2011
    • Location: Windsor, UK
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    3 stinking minutes!!!!

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    Wow - you guys are good.

    I don't know if it's a Freebody or not, but it is a Thames slipper launch.

    The owner wasn't present, I spoke to the travel lift operator who knew that the owner had it shipped over from London. He though it was a 30's hull that had been restored and converted to 48vdc electric power. That surprised me as it didn't look that old, but looking around later I found that the designs did go back even before that.

    The interior was out of it in the photos, but it should have the wicker chairs forward and a bench aft.

    In the photos I took it's hanging bow high as she was taking on some water at launch and they were waiting for her to swell a bit.

    And the 'landscaping'....well, that is a pretty stagnant area at the end of dead-end cut to get to the back of the yard where they have their lift. Not a lot of water movement back there to flush out the weeds. It's an ongoing problem here in the delta.
    Don
    '01 22 Classic, 502/B1
    And a bunch of other stuff

    "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti

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