Name Maid of Conway

The MAID OF CONWAY is a 1960 Crossfield Twin-Screw 42ft. Classic Motor Cruiser built by Crossfield Brothers, Conway. Twin Ford diesel engines, wood (larch on oak) with a steading mast. She was originally launched from build with two Lister Blackstone 4 stroke single acting engines but re-engined in 1987 for 2 x Ford 2700 Series. Build registered Beaumaris, North Wales. 

MAID OF CONWAY has had a number of owners since she was built.  She was originally owned by Arthur Elwyn Macdonald of Kyle House who sold her to Harry Stanley Smith in 1963, and was then bought in 1971 by Frank Edward.  She changed hands again the same year and was owned by George Drew until 1979. She was sold on further to a number of owners including Mr Paul Morgan, who painstakingly and professionally restored the vessel in Gweek, Cornwall, over a four year period, keeping traditional throughout with unseen modernization.

MAID OF CONWAY had been laid up at Gweek for nearly a decade when purchased by David Selwood in April 2021. He set out an ambitious plan to get her back into the water by June, and, with well over 900 man hours put into the project, the vessel was relaunched on 14th June 2021. She has been moored at St Katharine Dock, London, ever since.

Update, December 2024: Under new ownership.