Yachts
Pastime
Recorded as being built in 1903 by Lloyds Register, Pastime featured in the song “Ballerina of the Bay” by Dave Walters a young folk singer who owned her in the early 70s. In 1976 after David has sold her, she sank off Anglesey in a Force 10 gale with the crew of four being rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat.
Boat statistics
- Built
- 1903
- Length Over All
- 31 ft (9.45 m)
- Beam
- 10 ft (3.05 m)
- Draft
- 5.75 ft (1.75 m)
- Weight
- 9.4
Introduction
Built as yacht by Crossfield Brothers on Church Hill in Arnside. For most of her early life she was kept on the Mersey. She was registered for fishing during both world wars. In 1930s she had an outstanding record in the Liverpool Isle of Man Midnight Race when owned by Samuel Meacock, a Warrington brass founder winning the race in 1931 and 39, coming second twice and third twice. By the 1950s she was kept on the Menai Straits.