Boats

Triton is an open double ended ship’s lifeboat which previously belonged to the pre-war tug Triton, which in the 1970s was used as a seamanship school in St Katherine’s dock,…

A sailboard/windsurfer dating from around 1985, a model which can be seen as following on from the Ten Cate model (see Ten Cate Windsurfer BAE0111). This board was manufactured by…

Finesse is the oldest surviving British registered Finn, possibly the oldest in the world. It was one of a number built for the 1952 Olympics (see early history of the class…

This is one of several kayaks in the Museum’s collection from the drawing board of that prolific designer of small boats Percy Blandford. Blandford’s passion was to design ‘small boats…

This is one of several kayaks in the Museum’s collection from the pen of that prolific designer of small boats Percy Blandford. As well as his passion for designing small…

Ken Littledyke was a 1950s school  woodwork teacher who was in the habit of introducing his pupils to canoeing, including helping them with building their own boats. Initially his preferred…

This late nineteenth/early twentieth century double touring kayak is a close copy of the original “Rob Roy” McGregor canoe in (a single seater example of which) McGregor paddled his way…

This clinker built dinghy Jonik III was built in 1936 by Percy Clemens of Fowey and used as a tender to Jonik, see BC42.

Fleur was a pram dinghy used by the King family together with their motorboat JONIK (see BC42). It was built by Percy Clemens at Fowey.