£22,000 Yacht Tour - EX RNLI LIFEBOAT WATSON 41 - ST ANDREW
Full tour of this £22,000 EX RNLI LIFEBOAT WATSON 41 - ST ANDREW Built by William Osbourne in 1952. The 41 ft Watson non self-righting lifeboat was designed for service at stations which required a larger and more powerful boat than the standard carriage launched types, but which could not accommodate the larger Watson types through boathouse or slipway constraints. With production starting in 1933, this type of lifeboat was put back into production in 1948, nine years after the previous one had been built. The new revised version had an enlarged cabin which replaced the forward shelter. From 1963 eight of the boats, including St Andrew, were re-engined with 47 bhp Ford-based Parsons Porbeagle 4-cylinder diesel engines. The last four 41s to be built, however, were built with one cockpit aft containing the wheel, engine controls, shelter for eight crew and access to the engine room. She served at Whitehills, Girvan and Arklow but, as a new generation of lifeboats were being introduced, St Andrew had 3 spells in the relief fleet lasting in total about 11 years. As the normal life of a lifeboat is 25 years, St Andrew has not had a hard life, the engines being 19 years old when sold out of service, 8 years of that time having been spent in the relief fleet. St Andrew was the last Watson 41 to be built. It is believed she is the only one of her type largely as original, except for changes to her forard cabin and fore peak. She is much admired partly because she is sweet to the eye, having a low profile and very rare funnel that houses the engine exhausts. This boat is For Sale at the time of filming, and available to view here: https://www.networkyachtbrokers.com/boats_for_sale/William_Osbourne_Watson_41_EX_RNLI-27158.html/ https://www.networkyachtbrokers.com/office_boats/Milford_Haven-27/ Enjoyed this video? Show your support with a cup of coffe to keep us going during filming! https://ko-fi.com/quadramarine Your support is greatly appreciated :-) Thankyou for watching!
