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''Popeye'' is the name given to a series of motor launches which take paying passengers on pleasure cruises on Torrens Lake, in the North Parklands of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. ==History== The original ''Popeye'', a boat holding up to 20 passengers, was built for Gordon Stanley Watts, a Gallipoli veteran, by Harold Lounder in 1935 in one of several workshops which were then dotted along the banks of Torrens Lake. She proved so popular that in 1939 a second boat, ''Miss Centenary'', was purchased, which had previously run cruises at Glenelg. She did not however (according to the local legend) gain the same acceptance with the children, who preferred to "wait for ''Popeye''", prompting Watts to re-christen her ''Popeye II''. Later three new jarrah hulled boats capable of carrying 40 passengers each were built at Port Adelaide; they were numbered ''Popeye 3'', ''Popeye 4'' and ''Popeye 5'', running round trips between Elder Park and Adelaide Zoo. Apart from scheduled runs on weekends and holidays during the warmer months, ''Popeyes'' were available for private hire, for weddings, children's birthday parties and other events.〔 *, p.21〕 During the years that he was skipper of ''Popeye'', if there were a large number of children, Watts would call out "Anyone's birthday today?". If so, the lucky child would be allowed to steer the boat. Amongst the other ''Popeye'' skippers were the boatbuilder Harold Lounder and Roland ("Sunny") Grey〔 In March 1962 Keith Altmann, owner of riverside café, later restaurant, Jolley's Boathouse, took over the ''Popeye'' business. In 1992 three new fibreglass launches ''Popeye I'', ''Popeye II'' and ''Popeye III'' were launched as replacements for the ageing original wooden boats.〔Altmann et al. 1999, p.22〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Popeye (boat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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