![]() ![]() Weighing in at 25 tonnes and with a slim hull form by modern standards, she powered impassively through a short chop thrown up by a stiff breeze off Brighton.Įngines: Twin Iveco FPT NEF 100hp diesel enginesįairey Marine was created by the directors of Fairey Aviation in the late 1940s. ![]() The revamped master cabin has been switched from a twin room to a doubleĪmazingly, I’ve been lucky enough to put to sea in this fine ship. In the aft space, two cabins share an ensuite complete with bath. There’s a pretty substantial wheelhouse amidships, with a dinette and galley forward on the lower deck.Ī glorious original writing desk still takes pride of place with leaded glass cupboard windows but the attractive fireplace that she originally sported is long gone. Heap and his wife and family kept Margo III on the south coast of England, until she was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence for use as a barrage balloon tether off Portland Harbour.Īlthough lightly modified (the forward crew cabin is gone to make way for a larger galley and heads and the two single berths in the owner’s cabin have been replaced by a double) the interior is largely original. With a pitch pine bottom and Oregon pine topsides and deck, all copper-fastened to an oak-timbered frame, Margo III featured a cast iron keel a foot deep and 6in wide, running two thirds of her length. G Heap, this was luxury cruising at its most decedent and, at £3,000 in 1933, it came with a price tag to match. Procession is stately, entirely in keeping with a boat of this class.įor a privately owned and run motor boat in 1930s Britain, 55ft was huge. Over 30 tonnes of 50ft wooden motor boat travelling at displacement speeds means that the Philip 50 doesn’t bounce around like a speedboat. The wheelhouse has been extended, in keeping with the boat’s style and vintage ![]()
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