b'The timber was old stock from a timber yard in the MidlandsEnglish Oak, copper rivets and Mahogany planking. TheFor a modern motorcar 14 years is old, but for a wooden and is Honduras Mahogany that has a beautiful rich colourlittle control box operates a practically silent electric motorboat it is nothing: Polly is a youngster amongst a Thames and fine grain. The full length planks are close fitted aboveand the simple tiller steering makes handling the launch easy. tradition where it is common to work on boats that have the waterline, as was always the practice in fine ThamesNow that Polly is 14 years old the Mahogany has darkenedlasted a century or more.boatbuilding, and this gives a very fair and uninterruptedand is enhanced by the varnish, the fittings have polished in, appearance when varnished. The honest structure is clearlyand the gold leaf in the coveline and names has burnished. visible in the cockpit to celebrate a good piece of steam bent 79'