Elysian 27 Centre Cockpit

In the late 60s F W Carrington of Earith(who were building Elysians 27 under contract for Appleyard and Lincoln of Ely)built a hire boat for their fleet using the Elysian 27 hull.This was a 4 berth aft cabin design. Harry Lincoln of Appleyard and Lincoln was impressed with the design and a moulding for a centre cockpit boat was developed. In the early 70s the boat was developed some to more to become The J G Meakes Madeira aft cabin.