Designing Boats • Building Boats • Using Boats
Star Yachts are back at the Southampton Boat Show this year with their Bristol 6.0 launch, exhibited for the first time at the show last year. Based in the historic Underfall Yard in Bristol and run by boatbuilder Win Cnoops, … Continued
The Woodbridge Boatyard is at the Southampton Boat Show on the Wooden Boatbuilders’ Trade Association’s stand with two wooden boats; ‘La Mouette’, the first new Everson 11 dinghy, and ‘Jubilee’, a Deben Cherub. ‘La Mouette’ was built earlier this year … Continued
Wessex Resins will be running daily product demonstrations over the course of Southampton International Boat Show (12:00 & 14:30 each day at stand J401, 16-25 September 2022). The mini-masterclasses will share the team’s specialist knowledge in getting the best out … Continued
On 23 July, a colourful fleet of home built catamarans gathered in Cornwall to pay their last respects to James and Ruth Wharram. Outside Falmouth harbour – the starting point of their legendary first Atlantic crossing in 1955 – in … Continued
An exciting new film project is underway, capturing the art of engineless sailing on a variety of vessels around the UK. Set to hit screens in early 2024, Wind, Tide and Oar is currently in production, having secured Arts Council … Continued
A special ‘Hui’ will be held over the weekend of 23-24 July in Cornwall to celebrate the lives of James and Ruth Wharram, with a fleet of Wharram catamarans and other boats gathering as James and Ruth’s ashes are scattered … Continued
ABBA Revival We’re delighted to hear the Dutch Wooden Boat Festival will once again hold a WaterCraft-inspired Amateur Boatbuilding Award at this year’s event in Den Helder, Netherlands from 2-3 July. This is the fifth time the Dutch awards have … Continued
Continuing decades of close collaboration and association, WEST SYSTEM® is sponsoring the inaugural Spirit Regatta taking place from 25 June to 2 July in St. Peter Port, Guernsey. The event, hosted by Spirit Yachts & Guernsey Yacht Club LBG, is … Continued
After a smaller scale gathering last year thanks to Covid, this year Chesapeake Light Craft’s Big Little Boat Festival runs from this Friday 27 – Sunday 29 May 2022 and looks set to be an unmissable celebration of small boats … Continued
We can’t be the only ones who’ve wandered down to Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis and peered through the windows of the Boat Building Academy, trying to catch a glimpse of what’s going on inside? Well to celebrate turning 25, … Continued