WG Jones of Botley

[boddubbay]

Anyone know anything about this boat builder? Google seems to draw a blank. 47 ft Cox &Haswell designed boat for sale built by them. Is this madness?

 

[burgundyben]

Anyone know anything about this boat builder? Google seems to draw a blank. 47 ft Cox &Haswell designed boat for sale built by them. Is this madness?

I know a chap whose father ran that yard, I'll send him a link to this thread.

Personally I think DIY wooden boat ownership is only feasible up to about 40ft, maybe more if long and skinny, but that's a lot of boat to be fixing up in your spare time.

If you have the means to pay a yard, start with a very good wooden boat surveyor.

 

[johnlilley]

Can't say I have ever come across a boatbuilder equipped to build that size of yacht in Botley, particularly if the yard was in Botley as it is not exactly an easy launch from there, however, there is or was a builder listed in Lloyds constructing very large Cox & Haswell designs in Botley called Aburspeed Ltd. perhaps they were the agents for these large yachts built elsewhere. Maybe someone will recall Aburspeed from all those years ago. Surprised they are not more well known though.

 

[boddubbay]

Can't say I have ever come across a boatbuilder equipped to build that size of yacht in Botley, particularly if the yard was in Botley as it is not exactly an easy launch from there, however, there is or was a builder listed in Lloyds constructing very large Cox & Haswell designs in Botley called Aburspeed Ltd. perhaps they were the agents for these large yachts built elsewhere. Maybe someone will recall Aburspeed from all those years ago. Surprised they are not more well known though.

John thanks for that, I am led to believe builder was W G Jones at Botley on the Hamble?
I have struggled to find anything about them?

On another note can you PM me reference a cost to survey, she is just outside Weston Super Mare

Thx

Steve

Steve

 

[nickkieffer1]

Hi I have seen the question on the yard at botley. Dad ran the yard from late forties to mid 60s as Hamble boatyard it then became aburspeed which was an engineering company He started by converting x admiralty hulls to private boats . Then built various new boats by cox and haswell also parker. The boat that I think you are looking at may be one of three the last was not finished and was just a hull. these were built to Lloyds 100a1 spec solid teak planked on oak with solid teak decks .Other c+h Rapier boat were two at 60 Foot a sport fishing variant at 38 and the last was 50 . the largest was a 60foot ketch that had to be finished at the cabin yard due to the draught being to deep for the river from the yard. The river is now silted and fallen trees so it may not be possible to navigate now. As to w g jones cant recall the name, he could be the shipwright who finished the build certainly the superstructure looks like a home job as the correct superstructure was very elegant not a garden shed .Nick

 

[itchenseadog]

Not sure about WG Jones, but there was some quite big craft coming out of that yard in the 50's and 60's. My grandfather laid up his 45ft Rampart at Botley during the early part of the war until it was commandeered for war service. Unfortunately she was lost at Dunkirk. You might try the facebook page of "Hamble River and its villages". There is a mine of information on there about anything to do with the Hamble soeorgh asking the question.