Boat building + curation

A historical ‘Bligh Boat Race’ took place during the Tilley Endurables Falmouth Classics this June… This June 2018 the 31st Tilley Endurables Falmouth Classics event, held an utterly unique ‘Bligh Boat Race’ between two Bounty Launch replicas. Conrad Humphreys raced his replica ‘Bounty’s End’, against The National Maritime Museum Cornwall’s (NMMC) ‘Bounty Launch Replica’. In…

Watch the team in action The National Maritime Museum Cornwall commissioned the build of a full-size reconstruction of Lifeboat 13 for major exhibition, Titanic Stories. The replica Lifeboat 13 was constructed by a local boat builder supported by museum staff and volunteers, in house, in the museum’s boat building workshop, situated towards the back of the…

Our major new temporary exhibition for 2017; Titanic Stories will feature a specially built reproduction Lifeboat 13. The museum’s boat building team are building the reproduction in house and are working on making an authentic reconstruction as possible. Come see the team in action!

What does Conrad think of our replica Bounty launch built in-house at the museum? Conrad Humphrey’s is a competitive sailor and professional skipper onboard the ambitious recreation of Bligh’s legendary journey for Channel 4 programme ‘Mutiny.’ Here he talks about one of his highlights in our Captain Bligh exhibition.

A new project for the boatbuilding team The museum boat building team are a respected centre for restoration, conservation and repair of historical vessels. Their latest project is the steam launch “Emma”. These pictures show the team moving her onto a trolley for ease of working on the hull. At the moment the team doesn’t…

A labour of love by our boat building team Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny brings to life one of the greatest small boat survival stories in history featuring relics from the voyage and a specially built reproduction of the Bounty launch, giving a very real sense of the situation of the 18 men who…

Putting their skills to the test A pair of enthusiastic student boat builders put their skills to the test in helping to recreate the infamous Captain Bligh’s Bounty launch. The students from Falmouth Marine School, Drew Passmore, 17 from Penryn and Sebastian Strangreciak, 23 from Poland, asked the museum if they could do some voluntary…

A living exhibit Our 2017 exhibition Captain Bligh: Myth, Man and Mutiny features a specially built reproduction of the Bounty launch, giving a very real sense of the situation of the 18 men who sailed it over 3600 nautical miles across the Pacific. The launch is currently being built, in house, in the museum’s boat building workshop,…

A unique project Yesterday saw the launch of a very special boat built by wounded, injured and sick armed forces personnel as part of a unique project run by the museum. The Great Big Cornish Gig Project, which is core funded by the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant scheme, has involved beneficiaries training in boatbuilding…