Previous names
- 1960 - 1998 Look Ahead II
- 1998 - 2004 Tamar Belle
- 2004 - 2008 Avon Belle II
- 2008 Look Ahead II
Details
Construction
Dimensions
History
LOOK AHEAD II is a passenger vessel of carvel timber construction with a larch hull and a Ford Sabre diesel engine installed in 1991. Her builder was M W Blackmore & Sons of Bideford and her date of build was 1960.
Her first owner was a Mr Swift of Paignton who owned a hotel and used the boat to take his guests out on trips.
Subsequently sold to owners in St Mawes, Cornwall in 1969, Plymouth in 1997, Tewkesbury in 2003 and sold to Newman Cruises (no longer in business) in 2008 and returned to the River Fal in Cornwall. She was subsequently sold to Cornish Pleasure Cruises at an unknown date, and was put up for sale in 2024.
As of October 2024, LOOK AHEAD II is under the new ownership of Yellow Boat Cruises & The Paignton Belle, based in Brixham, Devon. She will be used for wildlife and sightseeing tours and bay cruises, as well as a ferry between Paignton, Brixham and Torquay Harbour.
Key dates
- 1960 Built by M W Blackmore & Sons, Bideford
- 1969 Sold to St Mawes, River Fal, 2 owners
- 1970s Involved in mackeral fishing in winters
- 1997 Sold to Plymouth
- 2003 Sold to Tewkesbury
- 2008 Sold to current owner and returned to River Fal in Cornwall
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