Here is where we talk about powerboats and powerboats only anything else and I will fine you 1 gallon of petrol that will go towards a flyby of your local marina.

fergal.....agree........5gal per hour.........

note the original L Erne Reg number....










Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 13/01/2011 21:24 by Pas Vite / T 15.

Thats a beautiful boat pas vite would you give us a bit of history on it?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 13/01/2011 21:58 by ralf.

She is a thing of beauty, As far as I know she was built by a farther and son team, true crafts men who built by eye but I am sure Austin will fill you in.

Great photos lads

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ralf
Thats a beautiful boat pas vite would you give us a bit of history on it?

thanks for your kind words...ralf

T15 is a Gunning/Tremlett 15', we bought her as a bare stage 1 hull in 1973 from Tremletts, the hull is 3 layer x 3mm mahogany hot moulded vacuum pressed, we then cold moulded the deck ( 3 > 4mm mahogany outer skin onto 3mm birch plywood inner skin ) & cold moulded the transom & outboard well in plywood, both being curved....not an easy job... then completed the rest of the fit-out, the engine is a Merc 500 50hp 1976 which we also have had from new & is still running with its original spark plugs & prop, in ski trim & one up we were timed at Windermere at 42.1mph.......

T15 was the second Tremlett that we fitted out, the first was in 1971/2, which was fitted out similar but lighter, as a Class 3A 14' raceboat & also raced as a ET circuit boat, fitted with a Merc 500 50hp ( redband ), in full offshore race trim 2 up her speed was around 44mph & as a ET single seater the speed was 47ish mph, T14 was the first raceboat in Ireland to be fitted with tufnol reed valves, another long story over a few....

attached is a pic of T14 in 1972 race No 53, also attached is the famous Stapley/Tremlett Pa Rug race No 66 in the IoM race mid/late 60's, this is the pic that inspired us to buy Tremlett hull to fit out.

T14



Pa Rug







Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 13/01/2011 23:35 by Pas Vite / T 15.

Fascinating stuff. Thanks. Hey - it's almost a heritage boat!

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Conor Nolan
it's almost a heritage boat!

another branch to join.......!!

thanks..........

Excellent and informative posts lads, well done!!

Excellent and informative posts lads, well done!!

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fergal butler
She is a thing of beauty, As far as I know she was built by a farther and son team, true crafts men who built by eye but I am sure Austin will fill you in.

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thanks fergal for ur kind words........father & sons ( brother & I ) , dad would say " if it looks right, it is right" no plans used for any of them !!!


attached,our first speedboat which we built in ply clinker on oak ribs, pic date 8th July 1968, hull shape copied from the Tremlett cross sections, around 1969/70 we re-decked it & raced of a season while T14 was being built.

( dad & brother in boat, me take the pic..I started young........ )








Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 14/01/2011 08:37 by Pas Vite / T 15.

Great story Austin and what memories you must have built along with the boat,
My story is a bit different as I started to build mine as therapy when my dad died at the same time I had to give up work to be a full time carer for my son, so to keep the mind going I started to build just outside the back door so I could still keep an eye on things.



My dad loved boats and it was about the only thing I had in common with him, we were never very close till a few months before he died,he was getting a bit older and finding it hard to do the work on the boat so for the first time in his life he asked for my help and I was only to happy to give it my best shot and try and prove myself, the last few months we spent more time together than we did our hole life and had great fun. The day he died I was just finishing off the boat with him and this is the last log in his book he died 2 hours later from a fall off a ladder while cleaning seagull @#$%& off the windows "bloody seagulls"


I called my boat Sean-nós after my dad Sean and the meaning "old style" suited the boat




She is a Glen-l malahini with a 50 hp merc blue band that I built up to look like the older style.


Here is a little video you may have seen it before but I think a lot of you may relate to it.

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Good post Fergal with a special personal story. Really beautiful boat. The video says it all



OceanFroggie

fergal great post & story........ we all have our own dont we........

must say u have the right guy as "launch/slip master" ..........



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 14/01/2011 10:55 by Pas Vite / T 15.

I only employ the best this particular slip master came with champagne and strawberries, you can't get better than that.

Dear New New Powerboat Branch,

it would be great to read all these stories on your Branch website.

Tina
[www.wasserrausch.de]
When the wind of change blows, some build walls, others build windmills.

I like how it's the "New, New" Powerboat branch but the boats are anything but new!

(Sorry, couldn't resist! )

Old style is the new style Sean-nós was only launched in november 09 and my other boat is still been built can't get much newer than that.

error.......



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 17/01/2011 19:52 by Pas Vite / T 15.

got a big surprise last nite when I sat down & started to read this months Boat Mart ( Feb 2011 )

boat of the month.....



Tidy Tremlett