b'Zamora - a motor launchLOA 27ft. Beam 5ft 2ins. Draft 16ins. Built in 1923 by James Taylor & Bates at Chertsey. Triple skin Mahogany planking onto Oak frames. Mahogany and British Columbian Pine decks. Mahogany fit-out. Rebuilt below the waterline 1995.James Taylor & Bates built exceptional boats and their reputation for fine craftsmanship is borne out by the beauty of the launches that survive today. They did not flinch from hull designs that would test the skills of the boatbuilder. Zamora is a fine example of the boatbuilders art. Michael Englishs photographs show the perfect shearline - the convex (or tumblehome) of the stern developing to the concave flare as your eye goes forward to the stem - an extraordinary fluid shape that is as fair today as it was nearly 90 years ago when the boatbuilders faired the frames and planked the hull.Zamora belongs to the same family as Pagan, in a home where craftsmanship is evident everywhere. The friendship and understanding that links the boatbuilder with the owners of the boats and the boats themselves is a rewarding bond. As the boatbuilder engages in caring for the boats for many years, inevitably he watches the family grow up and learns something about their lives, with the boats as the common denominator.88'