Good news is that another 60’s Cowes Torquay
entrant is making a comeback!
Currently under
restoration in Guernsey and owned by Gerry Pols is TOLSTAR now known as MISS
SPEEDBIRD, this one off UIM Class 2 boat was built to a Colin Mudie
design by Tolcraft in Poole in 1967 and was entered by Ian Toll in
the 67 race…in those days she had a 310 hp Mercruiser in her 21'
hull and it was hoped to attain 50knots. She was later raced with her
cabin (as Tolstar was a flat deck) under the name MISS SPEEDBIRD by a
BOAC pilot Bob Attwood.