WOODEN LAUNCH – LADY ALLISON (Lady Helen) A Peek Down Below
Back in May 2015 we ran a story on the 36′ Salthouse built launch – LADY ALLISON, at the time we learnt that when launched she was named – LADY HELEN. Harold Kidd has commented that there is no record of a LA or LH on the Salthouse yard records, so there is a wee degree of mystery around the boats name. Brian Worthington has previously commented that at one stage it was named LA VIDA.
She is probably a sister ship to the other Salthouse 36’ launches – SEA FEVER (LADY BERYL when launched) and KAILUA.
As is often the case with tme listings its states a 1968 build but we understand it was 1965.
Powered by a Ford 120hp D series diesel engine.
Thanks to Ian McDonald and the listing we today get a good gander below.
Link to May 2015 story here https://waitematawoodys.com/2015/05/02/lady-allison-lady-helen/
MESSAGE TO THE NEW’ISH OWNERS OF SEA FEVER CURRENTLY AT THE SLIPWAY MILFORD – DO NOT GET ANY IDEAS RE ADDING AN APARTMENT ON TOP OF SEA FEVER 🙂 🙂
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Worth adding also, aren’t the bunch of them 34-35ft? The extra foot or so of bowsprit and boarding platform doesn’t quite act the same in a seaway as two feet of moulded hull
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Not much like Sea Fever -the hull has a more Couldrey/ Salthouse look like a big Pirimanu.
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Looks rather like a smaller addition of the 1964 Dick Gladden designed & built VALLHALLA I (now with the “I” (one) dropped off, to me.
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Great looking boat without the top. I’ll venture to say that she isn’t close to being a sistership, as she has more flare and a completely round bilge hull like Kotanui and Trinidad with Bob S. as the designer.
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