Bajansailor
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A friend of my parents was 'shopping around' for a motor boat in the late 1960's - he eventually bought one of the first Princess 32s from England. I remember going on board her soon after she arrived here and thinking it was enormous and sooo luxurious! (I was about 8 at the time).
Some years later, I found quite by chance that my parent's friend was throwing out various catalogues he had written away for when he was boat hunting - so I salvaged them out of the garbage bin, and have kept them carefully filed away since then.
Copied below are details of the three Sea Breeze models from the Trojan Yachts catalogue from 1967 - they were still building exclusively in timber then, and fibreglass was (I think) regarded with deep suspicion....
The catalogue also mentions the various Sea Skiff and Sea Voyager models up to 42' - again all in timber. I shall scan and post these later.
I also have a catalogue about the Lyman Boats range from 1968 - all in lapstrake timber, from 16' up to 29'6", and a range of models - I will scan these as well if anybody is interested.
Some years later, I found quite by chance that my parent's friend was throwing out various catalogues he had written away for when he was boat hunting - so I salvaged them out of the garbage bin, and have kept them carefully filed away since then.
Copied below are details of the three Sea Breeze models from the Trojan Yachts catalogue from 1967 - they were still building exclusively in timber then, and fibreglass was (I think) regarded with deep suspicion....
The catalogue also mentions the various Sea Skiff and Sea Voyager models up to 42' - again all in timber. I shall scan and post these later.
I also have a catalogue about the Lyman Boats range from 1968 - all in lapstrake timber, from 16' up to 29'6", and a range of models - I will scan these as well if anybody is interested.
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