Marina Day Fishing Boat

[Craneguy]

This boat has come in to my posession , but i have very little information.

I haven't found any Manufactuers plates in the boat and Goggle hasnt provided an information on the manufacture / Agent

The boat is 18ft and has a 10HP Honda 2 stroke on the rear.

I would estimate that the boat was built 1980s


As it came out of long term storage






After a couple of hrs with a pressure washer



If any body could shed some light on top what the boat may be

Cheers Andy

[Simpo Two]

I'd drop a line to https://www.jonesboatyard.co.uk/

They've been going for 60+ years and no doubt have sold some.

[Audis5b9]

Post on the motorboat section of the YBW forums and someone will recognise it.

They get threads like this every week.

[OutInTheShed]

The small outboard and the reg number suggest it was set up for use on the river/canal system.

The trouble with a lot of grp boat designs is that boatbuilders go bust, or stop making 'model x'.
The moulds then get sold.
Somebody then makes some more boats from the same moulds, which may be heavier lighter or just different.
Other boats are just 'designed' by vaguely copying something that sells.

So you could have two boats looking the same, one is built for pottering on a river, the other has a strong enough structure to go to sea with a big outboard on it. Does the transom look like it once mounted a big motor?

The other thing is, a lot of the bulkheads and other reinforcement may rely on plywood which may be rotten after 20+ years.


So in my view, the thing to do is to find actual build info if you can, but mostly you need to focus on looking at what it is you actually have, and what state is it in?
If it is a nice lightly built river cruiser, I'm not knocking that, I've enjoyed some nice times pottering in such things. Including some that I definitely would not go to sea in!