Boats From Buttocks Booth.

A look at another 1960s small pleasure boat building firm with a great history And a location that sounds right out of a 1970s Two Ronnies TV Show Sketch. But this company had such a great history even before they ever made a boat! This firm was very close to where I live and really got so many people on the water with their budget-built boats in the 1960s and early 1970s

[@allanskirrow7601]

Great video - answered a lot of questions! I have lived in Surrey near Brooklands for years and was curious why my dad's old boat was built by Brooklands Aviation in Northampton. The boat was a Solent 16. I don't know a lot about it - I understand from bits off the net that it predated the Dolphin and sold via Guildford Marine. Of similar ply construction to the Dolphin its cabin was lower and hull flatter. Curious to know whether this was something that was developed into the Dolphin. That would be my guess. We had fun times on it - just a grainy photo remains!

[@BramleyProductions]

Many thanks As I said so little is known about the full history of this firm. I do know they had several designers and built a number of trial boats as you say this could well have been an early forerunner to the hugely successful Dolphin range that seems to have started appearing in 1962 /63 in the boating press and was in full swing by say 1966. Fascinating I will keep researching back and see what else I can find out. I was hoping to find a few old employees local to me but now it's so long ago maybe there is no one left. Really lovely to read your super comment about your dad's Solent 16. Thanks. Kev.