LAUNCH DATE: [year ? 197_ ?]
39 foot cost £27,000.
Powered by 138 horse power Lister diesel engine and has two 250 gallon fuel tanks.
She has four berths and can carry six to seven tons of fish below decks.
Her equipment includes all the latest navigational and fish finding aids and radio.
Crewed by David HOSKING and Robert WILLIAMS both of Porthleven.
The MELANIE CLAIRE is named after Robert WILLIAM’s 16-month old niece who was on the launching platform for the launch.
Porthleven Museum 