Welcome To
St Johns Boats
We work with both traditional and modern methods of construction.
In addition, we can make timber components and custom joinery for boats of all types including fibreglass.
Our services include:
New build
Fitting out
Restoration and repairs
Spar building
Laminated foils and tillers
This site will give you an idea of the work we do, so have a look around and if you think we can help, do get in touch.
Latest from the blog:
Not all boats are beautiful – some are just useful
Natural England amongst many other jobs, looks after coastal nature reserves so inevitably they need boats. This run-about GRP dory is definitely useful rather than pretty. It seems generally well put together but whilst the bow locker is nicely made out of iroko,...
It’s not all boats
Boat building involves a lot of transferable skills and from time to time this gets me involved in projects which have nothing to do with boats. Sometimes I do my best to keep out of this sort of thing especially when it starts to involve MDF, chipboard and similar...
Diploma
Just a bit of shameless self promotion! This is the diploma of the International Boatbuilding Training College awarded with distinction - I am very proud of it because it represents a great deal of work and achieving a high standard across a wide range of boatbuilding...