Your comment regarding the water Sprite is interesting. There actually was a
Sprite boat that was manufactured by Healey Marine LTD in Warwick between
1961 and 1962. It was smallish at 14 feet in length, clean in appearance,
spartan in features, and was manufactured in fibreglas resin and offered with
an outboard motor up to 60 HP. The bottom design was ahead of its time and
resembled the modern bass fishing boats of the 1990's. The Sprite was a
complementary boat to the larger Corvette boat that was offered by Healey
Marine LTD with twin outboard engines. The Corvette boat was successfully
raced from London to Copenhagen.
Best regards to You All,
Gary Lownsdale
The Commodore of Healey Sportboats
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