Boat info required.

[zx10rmark]

Hi all im new to this site my name is Mark pleased to meet you all i am looking looking for some info on the boat i bought a few weeks ago.
Its made by "Ackerboom" in Holland.
Its a 40ft Cabin Cruiser possably built 1920s -- 1930s ish.
If i can find out how il post some pics.
Thankyou all kindly. Mark.

 

[dombuckley]

Hello Mark, and welcome to the forum.

You haven't mentioned the name of the boat or her Official Number: those of us with a Lloyd's List could then look her up.

After looking at your photos, I would say she is more likely of late 50s maybe early 60s vintage.

 

[burgundyben]

On the thread with the pictures you say you have got an 'off' number, that will help to confirm what she is.

and she's never 20's or 30's, quite a bit later.

 

[zx10rmark]

Thank you all for your replys the off number is 3035096
Her name is Lady Rosalind.
Mark.

 

[dombuckley]

Here are her details from 1964

Official No: 303509
Name: LADY ROSALIND
PoR: Great Yarmouth
Type: Twin Screw motor yacht, steel construction.
Dimensions:
Length overall: 31’2”
Length TM: 30’4”
Beam: 10’6”
Draft: 2’9”
Depth: 5’2”
Gross Registered Tonnage: 10.98
Net Registered Tonnage: 6.96
Tonnage TM: 12
Hull built by Ackerboom’s Shipyard Ltd, Lisse, NL; completed and fitted out by Reedcraft Ltd, Reedham, Norfolk.
Engines: Twin Ajax diesels 40/50 BHP (1961).
In 1964, she was owned by Cecil Porter of Great Yarmouth.

So she is somewhat smaller than you first thought. To avoid confusion:
“Length TM” is the length from the stem to the rudder post.
“Depth” is the vertical distance from the top of the keel to the deck beams amidships.
“Tonnage TM” is a formula based on length and beam, and has no relation to weight.
“Registered Tonnage” is a measurement of the volume of the vessel, again having no relation to weight (displacement). “Gross Registered Tonnage” is the figure for the entire volume of the vessel, “Net Registered Tonnage” is the figure not including spaces required for navigation (i.e. charthouse, cable locker and engine compartment).

Hope this helps.

 

[zx10rmark]

Thank you very much this might be to much to ask but do you know if there are any pics of her any where ?
Mark.

 

[dombuckley]

I'm afraid not: being part built in Reedham and based in Great Yarmouth, I thought there might be something within the Broads records, but nothing found.

One other avenue would be to make an enquiry at the National Maritime Museum: they have a huge archive of material from boatyards especially those which have ceased trading (as Reedcraft has).