Boat Register
F3517
Details
Name
Phoebe
Usage
Racing
Location
Scaling Dam SC
Builder
Craft Mouldings Limited, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucester
Build date
January 1980
Condition
Very Good Condition
Hull Number
Deck Colour
Varnish Mark III
Hull Colour
Red
More Information
Extra Details
Additional Build Notes
GRP hull, fitted out and supplied by Vic Lewis Boats, Small Heath, Birmingham
Current Owner
Gail Braithwaite
Known Owners
1st owner – WH Walsh, Chase SC and Midland SC, named “Pollyanne”
1982 – Mike and Penny Collyer, Upper Thames SC, named “Phoebe”
January 2013 – George Rogers, Tollesbury SC.
George Rogers reports “Hull moulded 1980, Mark III decks probably completed by original owner, W.H.Walsh (Chase SC and Midland SC). Name ‘Pollyanne’. Purchased by Mr Mike and Mrs Penny Collyer of Bourne End in 1982 and sailed at Upper Thames SC. Renamed ‘Phoebe’ she was sailed and raced successfully by their son Jeremy Collyer who sold me the boat in January 2013. ‘Phoebe’ had been dry stored for 20 years but is now regularly sailing again in the Blackwater estuary, Essex. (See F2302)
As an experiment, I installed built in plywood side tanks in the style of a Mark I wooden hull, grp tank moulded in hull under foredeck, conventional buoyancy bags either side at stern ”
c2014 – subsequently sold to Cheshire, River Dee owner.
July 2024 – advertised for sale, Dell Quay SC
2024 – Gail Braithwaite, Scaling Dam SC, subject to a technical enquiry, NFA Facebook page, September 2024
History
nfa September 2024
Residing Club
Region
North East
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