The Peel Engineering Company is a manufacturing company based on the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 that primarily made fibreglass boat

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...

s as well as fairing

Fairing

A fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.These structures are covers for gaps and spaces between parts of an aircraft to reduce form drag and interference drag, and to improve appearance.-Types:...

s for motorcycles. They were also responsible for the Peel Manxcar

Peel Manxcar

The Peel Manxcar was a prototype saloon car manufactured in 1955 by the Manx Peel Engineering Company. Initially renamed from "Peel Manxman" because of the Excelsior motorbike of the same name, the Manxcar never entered standard production....

, Peel P50

Peel P50

The Peel P50 is a three-wheeled microcar originally manufactured in 1962 and 1965) by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man. It retailed for £199 when new , and currently holds the record for the smallest automobile to go into production...

, and Peel Trident

Peel Trident

The Peel Trident was the second three-wheeled microcar made by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man. It was manufactured in 1965 and 1966. The Trident featured a clear bubble top and either two seats or one seat with a detachable shopping basket. It has been described as "a terrestrial...

 microcar

Microcar

A microcar is the smallest automobile classification usually applied to standard small car . Such small cars were generally referred to as cyclecars until the 1940s. More recent models are also called bubblecars due to their egg-shaped appearance.-Definition:The definition of a microcar has varied...

s, in addition to the Peel Viking Sport

Peel Viking Sport

The Peel Viking Sport was a BMC Mini based car made by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man between 1966 and 1967. It was a 1966 Racing Car Show debutant, and while not the prettiest of alternative Minis, it did have durability and 2+2 practicality on its side...

 and prototype GRP Minis for BMC. These models constitute the only automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

s manufactured on the Isle of Man; the company halted their manufacture in 1969. A limited-run Peel Manxkart go-kart was also produced. The Peel P50

Peel P50

The Peel P50 is a three-wheeled microcar originally manufactured in 1962 and 1965) by the Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man. It retailed for £199 when new , and currently holds the record for the smallest automobile to go into production...

 to this day still carries the Guinness record as the World's Smallest Production Car. The Peel Engineering Company was dissolved in 1974.

West Marine Ltd.

West Marine was a new company formed by the ex staff of Peel Engineering in 1972 headed by George Gelling (ex foreman from Peel Engineering) West Marine was located in the old Peel engineering factory at the boat yard by the River Neb

River Neb

The River Neb is one of the principal rivers on the Isle of Man. It rises in the Michael hills, flows SW through Glen Helen to St John's, where it is joined by its principal tributary, the Foxdale River, and then flows NW to the Irish Sea at the town of Peel on the western coast...

 at the top of Peel harbour, on the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

. It handled boat fabrication for Peel Engineering.

They made several 18-foot Peel

Peel

Peel or Peeling can refer to:* Peel , rind or skin-Places:* Peel Park * Peel Street Australia* Peel * Peel River * Peel Island, QueenslandCanada* Peel, New Brunswick...

 Inshoreman boats called a "Peel Pig", which were simple small fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 boats with an outboard engine and a small cuddy forward. These were made at a factory in Jurby

Jurby

Jurby is a parish in Micheal Sheading in the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2006 census 659 , residents.It is largely an agricultural district on the north-north-western coast of the island but also has an industrial park on the old RAF Jurby Airfield.The parish is one of three divisions of...

 at the North of the Isle of Man. There was also a 25-foot Midshoreman which was more suited to the Irish sea. It had an inboard diesel engine with Z-drive

Z-drive

A Z-drive is a type of marine propulsion unit. Specifically, it is an azimuth thruster. The pod can rotate 360 degrees allowing for rapid changes in thrust direction and thus vessel direction...

. A forward two-berth cabin, a two-berth mid cabin which doubled up as a galley

Galley (kitchen)

The galley is the compartment of a ship, train or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. It can also refer to a land based kitchen on a naval base or a particular formed household kitchen.-Ship's kitchen:...

/saloon, and a separate head. The wheelhouse was open to the rear straight onto the deck. There are only supposed to be three of these ever made, to qualify for a government business grant, which was never received. It was designed by Dr. E. C. B. Corlett

E. C. B. Corlett

Reverend Dr Ewan Christian Brew Corlett, OBE, FREng was a British author, naval architect and consultant. He was pivotal to the restoration of the SS Great Britain from a sandbank in the Falklands, to Bristol...

. Also there was a 33 or 35-foot Offshoreman, which was a motor sailor with possibly only one or two built. In addition to these there was a small Row Boat / tender

Ship's tender

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...

with possible sailing capabilities; this is believed to be a GRP copy of an old boat that was lying in the yard at the time.

External links

• http://www.peelengineering.co.uk/ The official website of Peel Engineering Ltd. , a company based in England that produces replicas of some of the original Peel cars. They are not to be confused with the original Peel Engineering Company on the Isle of Man.
• Peel Cars history and spares
• Peel Engineering Fan site