National Small Boat Collection

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…

The Dghaisa has been the chief work boat of Malta for centuries and its origins can be traced back thousands of years. High ended boats such as these have been…

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…

The Cadet dinghy, produced from the drawing board of the prolific Jack Holt in 1947, is a one-design racing dinghy for crews between the ages of 8 and 17. Cadet…

Brynhild was designed by Uffa Fox in the Autumn of 1935. Having already designed and sailed 17ft single handed racing canoes, he now wanted a boat that would not be…

Mistletoe is the first boat of one of Britain’s oldest one-design classes. She helped to establish what has become a fundamental concept in small boat racing. One-designs first appeared in…

The OK is a classic design that has stood the test of time and remains to this day one of the most widespread international dinghies, with a loyal worldwide following.…

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious or Superdocious for short, was sailed by Rodney Pattisson and Iain Macdonald-Smith to Gold Medal victory in the 1968 Olympic Games. They won a record–breaking 6 out of 7…

The Peterborough canoe is a direct descendant of the Canadian birch bark canoes that were built and used by the Indians of Ontario’s Otonabee Valley. However, its narrow cedar planking,…