by Martin Hargreaves | Jul 19, 2023 | News
I admit I was a little anxious when Charlotte Rose came into the workshop. She belongs to a local family with strong boatbuilding connections and I had been recommended for the job by a very experienced boatbuilder. Charlotte Rose is a well built clinker launch of a...
by Martin Hargreaves | Jul 18, 2023 | News
Wild Goose is sold. She went to a keen young dinghy sailor who wanted to move from high performance modern craft to something more traditional. I am delighted to report that he not only completed fitting out in good time but sailed her to third place in the...
by Martin Hargreaves | Nov 25, 2021 | News, refit and repair, wooden boats
Like everyone else I have had a bit of an odd year but I have been very lucky and the work has kept coming through the door . 2020 started with my first new build for a long time in the shape of a Selway Fisher Stornoway 14 hull to be build up from a Jordan Boats kit...
by Martin Hargreaves | Jan 15, 2020 | News
In 1937 the Schleicher Rhönbussard was just about the state of the art in gliders. Things have moved on but there is a thriving vintage gliding community in this country and in the rest of Europe. Most of these aircraft were built in a combination of plywood and...
by Martin Hargreaves | Aug 29, 2018 | News, Wild Goose
I am slightly taken aback to discover that Wild Goose has now been in the workshop for nearly three years. To be fair, she was always a side project to be worked on in quieter times and I was away sailing for four months last year. Still, the job continues to move...
by Martin Hargreaves | Sep 9, 2017 | News, refit and repair, wooden boats
The local open boat race fleet is thriving and has reached the point where the doesn’t seem to be enough boats to go round. One new boat has been built recently but this is a huge commitment in time and money so people have been looking for easier ways. As a...
