The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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Maverick Folding-Boat
Fold your boat in half - The Maverick folding-boat demonstration in Exmouth
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Overview
The Maverick is a foldable seaworthy boat made in Milton Keynes and this film shows it being demonstrated with Westward TV reporter Chris Fear. This boat was bought for £500 in Exmouth and is towed easily to the jetty and unfolded.
Invented in 1969 the Porta-bote became popular in the 1980s when fishing enthusiasts started downsizing and storage became an issue. Made of copolymer polypropylene it is extremely lightweight, flexible and strong and became a boat used by professionals in rescue attempts and by leisure seekers alike. Sold worldwide, the boat was given a makeover in 2013 changing the design and certain folding aspects.
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