Key details
- Current boat name
- Pandora
- Boat class
- 7443
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 3.45 / 11ft 4in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.37 / 4ft 6in
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Percy Blandford
- Design date
- 1950's
- Date of build
- 1958
- Place of build
- Three Bridges, Sussex
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
PANDORA, is a Venturer runabout, built from a Percy Blandford kit by Mr R Sewter of Three Bridges, Sussex in the mid 1950’s. She was completed in 1958 and used extensively on the south coast for family outings. There is a plaque on the dash, which states the builders and owners name and address, placed there by the owner and builder. Pandora was collected as a tired, but very well built and well loved boat, from the very same address on the 18th May 2012. Since then she has been lovingly restored. Owner Feb 2013
The Venturer was a very popular Percy Blandford design and in 1965 over 500 sets of Venturer plans were sold. GH Feb 2013