Hi,

I have just posted a similar message to this on a UK board, then found
this one too. I guess there's a good chance that someone reading this
will be able to point me in the right direction.

I am new to boating (if you don't count some time with the UK's Royal
Naval Reserve!) and have recently bought an early 1960's 16ft Owens
speedboat. I need to do some work on it before putting it back in the
water next year, but would love to get hold of any information that
would help me with restoring it to at least some of it's former glory.
I have searched the web and can find very few references to this type
of boat. It seems that Owens was a Baltimore/Annapolis based company
well known for building wooden hulled motor yachts and latterly went
into smaller GRP hulls before collapsing. I think they may also have
built minesweepers for the USN somewhere along the line: and that is
about all I know. All very interesting but not particularly helpful! If
my history is wrong I apologise.

So, if anyone can shed any light on this particular craft for me I
would be very grateful. What might be really helpful would be pictures,
or information on where I might be able to lay my hands on an owners
handbook/manual (if such a thing existed) or a company brochure for the
period the craft was in production.

Thanks,
Graham (UK)