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Although a distinct design in her own right, in many ways Sea Queen looks like a smaller version of the better known Looe Lugger or Falmouth Working Boat. Mevagissey Toshers…
On 4-5 June 1976, Derek Hutchinson (leader), Tom Caskey and Dave Hellawell paddled their kayaks from Felixstowe Ferry, Suffolk to Ostend, Belgium, over 100 miles of open sea in 31…
In 1969 two friends, Ian Fraser and Kim Stephens, both successful sailors, formed a company in Restronguet, Falmouth, called Panthercraft. They applied for a licence to build the Tornado catamaran,…
The Puffin was designed by the famous DIY specialist and TV presenter Barry Bucknell as a collapsible car top dinghy/tender. The GRP hull has a hard chine shape with folding…
In 1980 the Flying Dutchman class claimed to be the fastest two man centreboard dinghy in the world and even today it remains a very fast design. It originated at…
This is one of several kayaks in the Museum’s collection from the pen of that prolific designer of small boats Percy Blandford. Blandford’s passion was to design small boats for…
Reputedly the oldest one-design in the world the Water Wag can trace its history all the way back to the late 19th century. In 1886 Thomas Middleton, a member of…
Built 1866, by John Thornycroft Designer John I Thornycroft, Chiswick, Waterlily is one of the world’s earliest steam launches in existence. Her hull, made from riveted wrought-iron plates is still…
The Optimist dinghy, designed in the United States of America, spread via Scandinavia to become arguably the largest sailing class in the world. The boat owes its popularity to low…
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