This cherished family boat has a remarkable 100-year history Cockleshell could be the oldest surviving Channel Island-built boat. Her creator, Arthur James Barber, ‘AJ’ to all who knew him, simply wanted a new boat for daysailing out of St...
Bigger, better and wetter at this year's Southampton Boat Show Taking place from 18 - 27 September, the Southampton Boat Show will unveil a significantly expanded Wooden Boat Stage, providing a larger platform to celebrate, showcase...
Restoring a Dunkirk Little Ship beyond her original splendour You might think, reading these pages, that restoring a wooden boat is a gentle process. Ok, perhaps not, but phrases such as ‘lovingly restored’ or ‘sensitively rebuilt’ are used...
On the water at Antigua Classics and Lugger Fest in Ullapool “There is nothing like a Lugger Fest, nothing remotely like it”. So says the crew of Sumara of Weymouth, one of the 31 boats which made it to Ullapool to take part in Lugger Fest...