_…(above)….21 ft dayboat POPPY is for sale. In commission (on trailer) I spent a few nights camping aboard this last summer - pretty much ready to go, now at a bargain price of £7250 (reduced from £9750).

My work encompassed both traditional boatbuilding and modern boatbuilding using wood. The majority of craft I have worked on are traditional-style clinker boats built using both traditional methods - solid timber and metal fastenings - and modern methods - plywood planking with glue.

I’m still editor of the Wooden Boatbuilders’ Trade Association newsletter “Soundings” - I’d be interested in receiving any material or comments which might be of interest to the trade as woodworkers, wooden boat makers, repairers and restorers.

I am open to enquiries for advice or information - if I cannot be of help I would hope to be able to point you in the right direction.

I have some plans still for sale of a handful of my designs.

This site shows some of work I have undertaken over the years - and indicates my aptitudes and interests. Craft built over the years include canoes and yacht tenders, rowing boats and sailing dayboats, and the occasional classic “replica”. I’ve handled a few larger projects for restoration like the West Solent OD “HALLOWEEN, finished new boats such as as YARA (which I also designed). The biggest build in Rowhedge was the 25 ft Albert Strange yawl CONSTANCE, and at Osea Island the 30 ft launch ZEINA II (now known as MEANDER II). I ran the Traditional Boatbuilding course at the Nottage Institute, Wivenhoe, from 1988 - 1923. (This continues under the tutelage of Rob Maloney, a Wivenhoe boatbuilder with his main work in Brightlingsea.) I also helped people with their own projects: one notable example was my role as portrayed in the book “How to Build a Boat” by Jonathan Gornall (Simon & Schuster 2018)