Lady Petite II is a beautiful, unique, Andrews Greyhound Slipper launch, the perfect wooden day boat for the River Thames. Built of varnished mahogany, she is unique, being the only 20ft Andrews Slipper launch with a wheelhouse.
Lady Petite II, No. 484, is a 20ft Greyhound Slipper Launch built by Andrews Boathouses in Bourne End. in 1969. She was built with her wheelhouse to a commission by her original owner, Mr H W Fender. She is unique, being the only 20ft Andrews Slipper launch with a wheelhouse.
Her UK Ship Registration number is SSR165394.
Engine bay
- 7/8″ stainless steel shaft fitted with 11 x 7 L/H propellor. Ford 989cc 105E engine with Borg-Warner direct drive, oil operated gear box with single lever morse control. Steering – Teleflex.
- Full recondition and conversion to 1200cc unleaded, in 2012.
- Rewired with genuine, cotton covered copper wiring throughout.
- Electric, automatic bilge pump.
- Exhaust pipe fitted with Vetus elastomuffle diffuser silencer.
- Bespoke, wooden, vented and varnished battery box.
Construction
- Planking: ¾” Mahogany
- Frames: Sapele at 2′ 6″cente 2 ¼” x 1″
- Timbers: Oak 1″ x ¾” two between each frame
- Chine: Mahogany
- Decking: ¾” Mahogany, with kicking strips to edges of foredeck
- Finish: Varnished sides and decks
Wheelhouse and Cockpit
- Frames and stiles ¾” Mahogany, mural varnish finish, fitted with divided windscreen each opening forward and upward. Wheelhouse sides fitted with sliding window to starboard and tumble-in, lift out pane to port. Wheelhouse canvas ‘sunroof’ with handrails and stanchions.
- Cockpit sides Mahogany ½” varnished.
- Two individual Mahogany bucket seats and aft bench seat, all with burgundy red vinyl covered cushions.
- Solid mahogany floor boards with varnish finish, fitted in 2012 to replace original marine ply.
- Small cupboards, with shelving, varnished and finished with panelled doors.
- A car-type hood with side curtains to enclose the cockpit, into sunk recess after, with neat cover when stowed.
- Winter / night full length cover in matching burgundy red.
Disclaimer The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
