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£35,000
1937 Jack Powles Cruiser
Price:
£35,000
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Summary:
Used 1937
Location:
Windsor
Description:
How lovely to come across a cruiser where the owners have taken the trouble to track the history right back to the nineteen thirties and even more delightful is the fact that she bears the name which she had on her first launch in August 1937. Two friends own this boat and have taken good care of her over their years of ownership. They tell me that they have had loads of fun and the photos clearly show this to be true. GLITTERWAKE Boat History The Port of Yarmouth Appropriation Book shows that Glitterwake was registered on on 11th August 1937 as a motor boat of 10 tons. The Official Number, 164175, is carved into one Glitterwake’s cabin roof timbers. She is also shown in the 1937 Mercantile Navy List as an addition with no details other than her weight. Her first full listing is in the 1938 MNL which shows the owner as John W Eastick of Acle, Norfolk. The details show her to have been built at Wroxham in 1937 and having a length of 31’ 1’’, breadth of 10’ and depth of hold of 4’ 2’’. The engine power is shown as 16 BHP. She is also listed in the 1938 Lloyd’s Register of yachts which shows Jack Powles & Co. as the builder and her engine as a 4-cylinder Wolseley petrol motor. Although Jack Powles built many Star class boats, as they were known, for his hire fleet with a folding canopy wheelhouse typical of many Broads hire cruisers at this time, her name suggests that she was built for a private owner as all the hire boats bore the name Star somewhere in their title. The original owner was a JW Eastick, himself a builder of sailing yachts and a hire fleet owner in Acle where he rented out sailing boats to the general public. Perhaps he fancied a motor cruiser for his own meanderings on the Broads with retirement in mind since just two years after Glitterwake was built she is registered as a houseboat moored on a Powles Staithe with John Eastick recorded as a retired yacht builder. We catch up again in 1947 thanks to the MNL and Lloyds Register. Still available at ListedBuy!
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January 2 on ListedBuy
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1937 Jack Powles Cruiser is a 1937 House Boat. Find other listings by searching for 1937 in on Oodle Classifieds.
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