To anyone who is planning to come to the Poole Classic Boat Regatta at Lake Yard please take the time to call into C Serve at 25 Balena Close, Creekmoor Industrial Estate, Poole, BH17 7EB and see for yourself the great progress being made on the restoration of the British Powerboat Company Runabout....

Excellent progress achieved since the New Year. New laminated stem fitted, new transon fitted and first diagonal skin fitted to bottom and sides. Final prep underway before we laminate a glass/epoxy skin over the whole hull. GM 325 V8 in final stages of build in the US. I found a Meadows in Johannes...

Hi, good progress on the refurbishment, 80% of the floor frames and ribs completed! starting the planting tomorrow. Can't locate a small Scripps or Meadows so have ordered a 325 short block V8 from the US as a total package, not original but should give a "classic" feel and sound. New instruments or...

I went Peter Freebody's yard at Hurley today and one of the employees said that the boat had been bought by Peter 30+ years ago for refurbishment but had never been started. He confirms that they understood that it was a British Power Boat Company boat but had no further information to offer. At lea...

Hi Chris, thanks for the link. I had looked at the site before but it doesn't really help us identify our "project". It would be great to see details of the frames and confirmation of method of construction to see if there are similarities. Miss Paris is 24'6" and ours is just over 22' whereas most ...

I have started the refurbishment of what may be a British Powerboat Company runabout. Originally a double diagonal bottom and single diagonal plus horizontal planking top sides. The bottom was replaced with ply that has now been removed. It had a triple cockpit layout, but all the interior joinery w...