Belizean made boat to Virgin Islands

You may recall that about three years ago Bradley’s Boatyard began exporting the Pelican 25 which helped the company to gain significant publicity abroad. Now Bradley’s has produced, The Princess II. The Princess II will be leaving our shores en route for the Virgin Islands this Saturday. It was presented this morning.

Stephen Bradley

“In June of 1998, Dale Weathley, who is the owner of this boat and also resides in the British Virgin Islands, approached us on the construction of this vessel. And around September of last year the commencement of this vessel had started and this is where we are now. The vessel is now completed and is now ready for export which is in Tortola, which is in the British Virgin Islands.”

Dale Weathley says he was impressed by Bradley’s work and decided to let them manufacture his boat.

Dale Weathley, Owner, Boat

“Well I’ve owned a lot of boats for a lot of years. I looked around in Miami and all over. And the only one that met my requirements was Bradley’s Boatyard here in Belize. And back in the British Virgin Islands their boats are very popular there.”

Stephen Bradley says he considers the Princess II an exceptional marine craft.

Dale Weathley

“If you look at the boat it is powered with twin diesel engines. It’s capable of carrying two hundred and sixty gallons of diesel. I believe that this ferry boat will carry a total of twenty-five passengers in the Virgin Islands. As you can see it’s covered and it has nice tinted windows to keep its passengers from the sun or from the rain and from any type of bad weather.”

The boat will meet all International Coast Guard regulations and is the first of seven that will be exported to Tortola. He says that the other six are presently under construction and four of them are near completion.

Hyacinth Latchman for News Five.

The boat should reach the British Virgin Islands in the next five days.