In the second part of his series on the ‘rule-beaters’, Phil Lockley investigates the effects of the ‘10m rule’ on wooden boatbuilding History reveals that most vessels built from wood that were considered ‘rule-beaters’ were not actually made to beat…
Newhaven skipper Neil Witney and crewman Darren ‘Daz’ Fox welcomed Fishing News aboard the under-12m trawler About Time NN 8, to view a day’s fishing in the English Channel. John Periam and Geoffrey Lee report Neil Witney has been fishing…
‘What a picture, what a photograph’ Phil Lockley begins a two-part series on one of the strongest-built wooden pocket trawlers in the UK – Adela BM 79 It was built at Paimpol for a Guernsey skipper and was here (in…
One of the best-known UK wooden potters, the 18.5m wooden-hulled Pen Glas SE 34 received a new lease of life recently when boat builder Bobby Cann and his staff carried out a major refit, reports Phil Lockley. Having taken place…
North Norfolk’s wooden boat heritage lives on, reports John Worrall You don’t sense the passion immediately. At first glance, the Hewitt brothers’ boat yard, accommodated in and around a collection of large sheds just above the marshes at Stiffkey, looks…
