Key details
- Current boat name
- Colliwobble
- Boat class
- 7527
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 3.3 / 10ft 10in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.35 / 4ft 5in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Masts
- None
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Kelly H
- Design date
- 1952 c
- Date of build
- 1961
- Place of build
- Hadleigh
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
COLLIWOBBLE was built in 1961 by AW Venables to a design of Hal Kelly (USA). She was exhibited at the London Boat Show in 1962 and again as a classic boat at the London Boat show in 2008. Her current speed is about 35 mph and wirh a race engine about 55/57 mph. She is driven kneeling (as a hydroplane) at the stern. She was restored in 2001/02 and is the only known original Sport Utility in the UK running in Class A/B June 2009