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There is nothing new about the idea of a folding boat. Some of the Titanic’s lifeboats were folding boats and were successfully launched before the ship sank, but any lifeboat associated with the Titanic probably would not have received rave reviews so not many were built. Folding boats present all sorts of challenges to their…
To the uninitiated, a kayak looks like a frail and fragile craft, scarcely one in which to tackle difficult and challenging waters, whether white water rivers or raging seas. In reality, however, multiple expeditions in extreme conditions, by river and sea, bear witness to the versatility and ability of such craft to bring their paddlers…
What should a keen racing dinghy sailor do when age begins to take its toll and the ‘fun’ of capsizing and getting very wet begin to pall? Some sailors move to racing bigger boats; others however prefer the challenge of like-for-like racing and opt for racing keelboats in a fleet. Hailed by its adherents as…
This rather unremarkable looking little boat was not created in a conventional boat yard, but was designed and built in 1950 by a firm of metal fabricators based in Birmingham. The Panelcraft Sheet Metal Co. Ltd, of King’s Heath, was established in 1941: the company’s proud claim was that it could make anything “from a…
Witch is a clinker built open boat with a transom stern, approximately 14ft long and was used for catching lobsters and crabs up to six miles out to sea. In his book ‘Working Boats of Britain’, Eric McKee lists her as an example of a typical small working boat from the Isle of Purbeck, similar…
Dinghy designers have often been driven to produce affordable practical designs which help to make sailing accessible to a wider audience. In 1935 the Yacht Racing Association – the forerunner of the Royal Yachting Association – created the National Twelve Foot Restricted Class. A Restricted Class limits possible adaptations within a set of rules. The…
The 18 ft jolly boat was one of succession of sailing dinghies designed and built by the renowned Uffa Fox in the years running up to WWII. Wizard was designed and built by Uffa Fox for Wing Commander E. J. P. Burling in 1932 who was the officer in command of the flying boats at…
This single handed sailing dinghy was designed and built by the well known Norfolk boat builders William Starling and Sons of Blakeney in 1929 for Miss Patience Hardcastle of Godalming in Surrey. She had been taught to sail by Mr. Starling whilst on holiday in Norfolk and had initially sailed in the family’s heavy boat,…
Windsurfing has become widely popular since its introduction in the 1960s, yet from the beginning a bitter battle raged over who was the legitimate inventor of the windsurfer. Americans Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Doyle filed a patent for their design in 1968. Schweitzer later bought out Drake’s interest and went on to manufacture and sell…
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