Key details
- Current boat name
- Melody
- Boat class
- 6852
- Number
- 13
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.42 / 14ft 6in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.68 / 5ft 6in
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1961
- Place of build
- Somerset
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/MMM
History
MELODY was built by Aquamarine Ltd about 1961 and is one of the last handmade wooden Attacker runabouts to be built as GRP boats were rapidly replacing wooden craft.MELODY was given the the number W 13 by the Wallasey Powerboat and Ski Club and was used for racing and water skiinng on the river Mersey. She has a plywood hard chine and is powered by a 30 hp Evinrude/Johnson outboard engine. Aquired by the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1982. GH Oct 2012