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Registration number
2641
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- 1960 - 1998 Look Ahead II
- 1998 - 2004 Tamar Belle
- 2004 - 2008 Avon Belle II
- 2008 Look Ahead II
Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Brixham
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Blackmore, M W & Sons Ltd, Bideford
Built in
1960
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
42.00 feet
(12.80m)
Breadth: Beam
11.00 feet
(3.35m)
Depth
3.00 feet
(0.91m)
Tonnage: Gross
9.00
History
LOOK AHEAD II is a passenger vessel of carvel timber construction with a larch hull and a Ford Sabre diesel engine installed in 1991. Her builder was M W Blackmore & Sons of Bideford and her date of build was 1960.
Her first owner was a Mr Swift of Paignton who owned a hotel and used the boat to take his guests out on trips.
Subsequently sold to owners in St Mawes, Cornwall in 1969, Plymouth in 1997, Tewkesbury in 2003 and sold to her current owner in 2008 and returned to the River Fal in Cornwall.
Update, February 2024: Vessel for sale. Location: Brixham, Devon
Key dates
- 1960 Built by M W Blackmore & Sons, Bideford
- 1969 Sold to St Mawes, River Fal, 2 owners
- 1970s Involved in mackeral fishing in winters
- 1997 Sold to Plymouth
- 2003 Sold to Tewkesbury
- 2008 Sold to current owner and returned to River Fal in Cornwall
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