Key details
- Current boat name
- Bat
- Boat class
- 7286
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.23 / 27ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.68 / 5ft 6in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Propulsion
- Steam
Design and build
- Designer
- Sladen A
- Date of build
- 1891
- Place of build
- Bowness-on-Windermere
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/LAT
History
Built in 1891 by Brockbank at Bowness -on -Windermere. In 1904 BAT was used by Isaac Storey and Jack Kitchen for experiments in radio control. With only a stoker on board she was controlled using a wireless mast on a hill overlooking Windermere. Believed to have been used as a motor workboat by Borwicks from 1932 -64. By 1966 BAT was derelict and was bought and restored by Leslie Goldsmith. Unlike other Windermere launches, she is fitted with a keel condensing apparatus which would enable her to be used on tidal waters and may not have ben built for the lake.. The 2 cly compound engine is not the original steam plant GH Nov 2010 Images 06 2006 GH