Perhaps it is simply because it was a true icon of water sport fifty years ago.

At a time when people were beginning to appreciate relatively fast speedboats and the new craze of water skiing was beginning to spread, the Albatross was the right product at the right time. It was a speedboat designed for water skiing, racing and fun. It was reasonably affordable (it cost about £600, the same as a Mini at the time), had beautiful looks, good performance, the convenience of a proven, inboard engine when outboards were notoriously fickle, and it was readily available.

In 1926, Lord Ashton of Lancaster, the man who made a fortune out of linoleum, bought the lake and its surrounding park from the Fairhaven Estate Company for £34,000 and then presented it to the Lytham St.Annes Corporation.