Welcome! Unfortunately most of the traffic to the site comes for boat specific info or old history / archive material now, with the exception of the internet finds. With the increasing popularity of Facebook groups that cover specific brands of classic or even generic fibreglass boats with constant ...

Only Daimler V8 I saw in aboat was a Simmonds that was owned by Norman Buckley.

Some older topics:-

https://www.cmba-uk.com/forum/search.ph ... ds=daimler

Great colour combination.

Hi, this one is from 1966 on. Earlier late 1950s versions of the hull were called the Brisbane and had a near flat bottom hull, this one has a decent V profile so you have the best of the model. Later they became called Bry-Owen, and after that through the late 70s and very early 80s Sussex Ski Boat...

Time has flown by. The boat was basically finished by late June, with a few minor add-ons and had to wait a month or so, for the upholsterers to do the foam cap that sits on the splashwell edge. It's typically white on all the models (and gets grubby..), but they had a good match in black. She had h...

The 2nd 2022 Hamble event at Eastlands Boatyard is to be held on the 23rd, 24th & 25th of September. This event will be the last CMBA saltwater gathering of the season, with the south coast weather (generally) still warm and sunny; we hope it'll be a pleasant weekend of boating in company. We have 6...

Got back from Hamble and struggled to remove the strange brown stains from Gogo's hull. Keith suggested I use tar remover, so tried that; vinegar, starbrite cleaner and alloy wheel cleaner. The latter worked, but has other chemicals in it apart from phosphoric acid.... Then picked up a post from the...

I wonder whether it split further down the cable due to the pressure within the cable, given the lack of clearance; then once the plastic had split, was only a matter of time before damp / water ingress. Had to use my engine hoist on the Glastron with it's offset jackplate (and did it twice, as was ...

My Pearly MIss gone to a great new home, hope to see the new owner on the water.

After mounting the side panels, without issue, this week has been a rigging week. The anodised strip you see was originally bolted whith hidden square head set screws slid into a purpose made channel. The originals were brass and no longer obtainable and the Chinee versions in stainless just too lar...