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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…
The International C Class Catamaran Championship is one of the sailing world’s legendary and amongst the most eagerly anticipated events. In 2013, for the first time since 1969, the championship was held in Britain, with the racing taking place in Falmouth Bay in September. Teams from Canada, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the…
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 so hard to work, but would provide some exhilarating sailing at speed. He wrote: “I am now getting on in life, and have only a…
Very few successful, long-lasting dinghy designs happen by accident. The Fireball is no exception and was designed by Peter Milne to meet a need: to bridge the gap between small family-type centre boarders and the larger, more expensive classes. Designed by Peter Milne in 1962, the International Fireball is a one-design high performance sailing dinghy.…
Shush was built to a very high standard by F C Morgan-Giles of Teignmouth in 1925. At only 8.5 ft long she must be one of the smallest boats with an inboard engine (a rare single cylinder Watermota petrol engine) ever built. Shush was used as a yacht tender but vessels of similar design would…
This RNSA (Royal Naval Sailing Association) type of sailing dinghy was a modified version of the 14 ft One-Design Island Class, designed by Charles Nicholson and Uffa Fox in 1935. In 1937 the Admiralty adopted the class, with some modifications, specifically to adapt it for use aboard the Navy’s warships. Its purpose was to provide…
This clinker built dinghy JONIK III was built in 1936 by Percy Clemens of Fowey and used as a tender to JONIK.
Curlew is a Falmouth Quay Punt which started life as a working boat at the turn of the 20th century. She has since had a long and distinguished career as a leisure boat and has travelled many thousands of miles, from the Arctic Circle to the mainland of Antarctica. Designed and built in Falmouth by…
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