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Registration number
3741
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- 1963 - 2023 lindyhelen
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Cruise
Location
Chester
Vessel type
Broads Sailing Cruiser
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Taylor, JH & Sons Chester
Built in
1963
Hull material
Wood
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
6.83 feet
(2.08m)
Depth
2.00 feet
(0.61m)
Air Draft
4.50 feet
(1.37m)
Length: Overall
33.20 feet
(10.12m)
Tonnage: Gross
4.00
History
LINDY HELEN built by JH Taylors and Sons Chester, she was bult as a broads cruiser to narrow boat specification and commissioned by T Smault. Used a hire boat as one of a pair and sold to Mr Stephensons in 1972 and restored by a gerna, shipwright in 2002. Converted with Lister SR2 air cooled diesel and restored using mahogany carvel on oask frames. J H Taylor made 12 vessels. Others called BARBARA JOAN and TEAL which is currently in the Boat Museum. Believed to be known to be only one to be fully functional and now lived aboard.
Key dates
- 2023-02-24
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