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If you browse through these blog posts you will get an idea of the type and variety of work we have done. If what you need is something a bit different then get in touch, we are usually up for a challenge.
Not all boats are beautiful – some are just useful
Natural England amongst many other jobs, looks after coastal nature reserves so inevitably they...
It’s not all boats
Boat building involves a lot of transferable skills and from time to time this gets me involved in...
Diploma
Just a bit of shameless self promotion! This is the diploma of the International Boatbuilding...
New ground
The last few moths have been a bit of an upheaval, not only have we moved house but somehow...
A new plank for Leila
Leila is probably the most elegant boat I have yet worked on. She is a William Fife designed 6...
No boat is ever perfect
All boats are to a greater or lesser extent built to a price; this means that even well build new...
Iain Oughtred – Little Tern “Skute”
Although he lives on the the isle of Skye, Iain Oughtred is in fact Australian and was born in the...
Stem Repair
Estralita, a 20 foot clinker motorboat spent much of her life carrying tourists in Salcombe...
Making a mast
Spar making is often considered a bit of a black art; in fact it is quite straight forward but is...
Eleanora
Eleanora was built at the famous Gosport yard of Camper and Nicholson in 1927. She was designed in...
Lady Gwynfred
The Thames sailing barge Lady Gwynfred was a 68 ton sprit rigged, wooden barge built by Glover at...
Aquila Maris – refitting a Westerly Fulmar
Aquila Maris started life with Barklays Bank ( Aquila Maris = Sea Eagle which is Barklays'...