BONHAMS
Arthur Ransome’s Windermere ice-breaker
The rather extreme and strangely shaped Esperance is not only a Guinness world record holder as the first ever twin-screw steam yacht; the 19.8m loa (65ft) vessel with a beam of a mere 3.1m (10ft) is also the oldest surviving boat on Lloyd’s Yacht Register.
Built in 1869, resides today at the also featured a peculiarly shaped bow designed to break ice on the lake.
