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Houseboat AVEL, with the bow of PEGGOTTY behind her bow and almost hidden. The rest of PEGGOTTY had been demolished 1970-1971. L'ESPERANCE is beyond. AVEL was a wooden cutter, built 1896 by Camper & Nicholson, Official No. 110242 [Lloyds Yacht Register 1914]. She was advertised for sale as a houseboat at got no takers. She was then advertised as a Classic Yacht at a much higher price ... Cat1 Mersea-->Houseboats

Houseboat AVEL, with the bow of PEGGOTTY behind her bow and almost hidden. The rest of PEGGOTTY had been demolished 1970-1971. L'ESPERANCE is beyond.
AVEL was a wooden cutter, built 1896 by Camper & Nicholson, Official No. 110242 [Lloyds Yacht Register 1914].
She was advertised for sale as a houseboat at got no takers. She was then advertised as a Classic Yacht at a much higher price and was promptly snapped up [RG]. AVEL was rescued around 1993 and by 1995 was sailing again.


Photo: Mersea Museum - Mike L. Davies
Image ID MLD_081
Category 1 Mersea-->Houseboats


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