Boats

In September 1993, lone sailor Hugo Vihlen stepped ashore at Falmouth after a solo Atlantic crossing which lasted 105 days. Others have also made that perilous crossing – the difference…

An important piece of dinghy sailing history – the Fireball Dinghy prototype – has been added to the Museum’s collection. In 1962 Norris Brothers, a pioneering engineering company based in…

On Sunday May 5th, 1946, the final race for the Henley Challenge Cup was sailed in cold conditions with a strong north easterly wind which capsized several boats. It was…

Light displacement hulls, bulb keels, low wetted areas, aspects of design perhaps more commonly associated with the modern era, actually have a longer history than is often realised. In the…

William Fife (1857-1944) was one of the world’s foremost yacht designers. His father and grandfather had also been boatbuilders and had a construction yard at Fairlie, on the River Clyde.…

Built for family pleasure boating, Jonik is a motor launch built in Fowey in 1934. Its first owner instructed the builder, Percy Clemens,  to use the best quality timber available.…

This canoe comes from Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands, a group of coral atolls scattered over the Micronesian area of the Pacific Ocean. It features an addition to…

Until the collapse of its cod stocks through over-fishing, the Grand Banks area off Newfoundland was one of the most productive fishing grounds in the world. The region is also…

The rights of individuals to collect oysters from the waters around Falmouth have been exercised since at least the late 16th century, and boats equipped with similar dredging gear to…