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Unknown Launch 21/10

photos from the Henry & Alma Allen Collection (ex Ken Ricketts)

The photos were taken in the 1940’s, anyone able to assist with ID’ing this launch ?

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Nathan Herbert on November 19, 2014 at 10:51 am said:

Esme, as in KR’s comment

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Harold on October 21, 2013 at 9:43 am said:

It’s much more likely to be a pre-1914 flushdecker with a clerestory slammed on.

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David Lackey on October 21, 2013 at 9:36 am said:

Amazing design. You can anticipate the emergence of the bridgedecker from this fascinating configuration.

David Lackey

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kenricketts on October 21, 2013 at 8:45 am said:

I would at this time like to acknowledge & thank my dear friends Helen & Richard Andrew, for gifting to me, a special substantial collection (of which this post iis the first, & a tiny part) of Helen’s grandparents, Henry & Alma Allen’s, life long build up of photos of boats, owned by them, & their friends & family, from the1920s to the 1960s, during which time they built the ESME, later replaced by the nearly new TIROMOANA, in the later 1930s, to the 1960s, TIRO. was then taken over by Joe & Esme Coggan, Helens parents, until the 1980s Also I have been given more additions by Helen & Richard, from their own collection, & Helen’s late parents Joe & Esme’s boating collections as well. — thank you so very much Helen & Richard, — a wonderfiul gift, – I feel priviledged. — KEN RICKETTS

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