Traditional Boatbuilders at TradBoat

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Boat builders specialising in Traditional Boats

For a list of Boat builders specialising in boats of traditional style, both new build and restoration, scroll down the page.

Popular Sailing Dinghies contains colour photographs of over 100 sailing dinghies, modern and traditional, together with a sensible description of each and all the details of length, beam and weight. This book published in 2001 also contains a number of boats no longer in production and is therefore also a useful guide to second hand boats. Price: £6.95 For more details click here

Popular Sailing Dinghies is compiled by the Editorial team at TradBoat and is normally supplied on the next working day and by first class post.

FREE booklet.
A free guide to small traditional boats, "The Quiet Adventure" is available from TradBoat. The Quiet Adventure contains a list of boat builders, the boats they build and useful information about buying and owning a traditional style boat, together with much sensible advice for beginners.  Published for the Small Boat Builders Association. A new edition is now available for 2008
To order your FREE copy please email TradBoat at info@tradboat.co.uk with your name and address and request . Your address will be passed the to The British Marine Federation who will dispatch the book. but will not knowingly be passed to any other third party Please allow a month for delivery. For photographs and descriptions of modern and traditional dinghies you will also need a copy of Popular Sailing Dinghies - see above

Many of the builders below are members of the Small Boat Association of the British Marine Federation, and many are also members of the Wooden Boatbuilders' Trade Association. All are craftsmen.

Boatbuilder	Town	Telephone
A J S Marine Services Builders of Laurent Giles Jolly Boat and Islander dinghies in grp etc.	Hambrook Chichester	01243 572692
Aqua Marine Ltd Repair and restore	Chertsey Surrey	01932 570202
Michael Atfield, Boatbuilder Salcombe Yawls, dinghies launches	Salcombe Devon	01548 843120
Barrowboat - See Greenway Marine	Norwich Norfolk	01508 520397
Eric Bergquvist Winkle Brig dayboat and cruiser in grp	Penketh Cheshire	01925 727519
Richard le Bloas Repairs, clinker repairs. Mobile	Ardglass Co Down	07711 232525
The Boatyard Tideway clinker dinghies 12 ft & 14 ft in grp or timber	Maylandsea Essex	01621 743546
The Boatworks Traditional yacht interiors, restorations.	Mundon Essex	01621 743158
Bossoms Boatyard River launches	Medley Oxon	01865 247780
Boris Proutzakoff - BPCM Wooden boatbuilding	Le Lion D'Angers	+33241 954836
Bridgend Boat Company Brock traditional dinghies. Romilly & Roxanne dayboats	Plymouth Devon	01752 404082
Fabian Bush, Boatbuilder Clinker boats. Restoration. Plans	Colchester Essex	01206 728577
Colin Buttifant New build & restoration	Ludham Norfolk	01692 678067
David Cartwright, Boatbuilder Rowing craft specialist. Restorations	Halesworth Suffolk	01986 785322
Character Boats Range of simulated clinker dayboats in grp. Includes Lune Whammel	Lytham Lancs	01253 727004
Chippendale Craft Dayboats and skiffs complete and kit	Rye E Sussex	01797 227707
Churchouse Boats Drascombe range of dayboats	Whitchurch Hants	01256 896292
John Claridge Boatbuilder Lymington River Scows in grp	Lymington Hants	01590 674821
Jamie Clay & Lawrence Weldon Wooden boats, replicas, restoration. Albert Strange Canoe yawls	Maldon Essex	01621 853804
Clyde Technologies Marine UK Ltd Fishing craft, clinker dinghies, canoes	Port Glasgow Scotland	01475 744660
Constables Boatyard Build, restore, hire, Thames craft	Richmond Surrey	0181 9488270
Cornish Cove Boats Trad boats in grp	Redruth Cornwall	01209 843459
J Coulam Boatbuilders Angling boats & launches	Peterborough Lincs	01778 348542
Coventry Boatbuilders Repairs, restoration and museum work in wood, Wooden dinghie	Coventry Warks	02476 256061
Covey Island Boatworks Classic & modern. Nova Scotia	Petite Riviere Lunenburg Co	(902) 6882591
Craftsman Craft Dinghies and launches	Crediton Devon	01647 24275
Richard Crane Yacht & Boatbuilder Build, repair to 30'	Torpoint Cornwall	01752 822845
Creative Marine Electric and umpires launches	Matlaske Norwich	01263 570100
D J Boats	Chorley Lancs	01257 260820
Michael Dennett Boatbuilders Boatbuilders	Chertsey Surrey	01932 563448
Evans Boatworks Wooden boats, build, restore	Barcaldine Argyll	07815 075585
FCS (Scotland) Ltd Repairs and restorations	Coalsnaughton Clackmannan	01259 753605
John L Ferguson, Boatbuilder Clinker boats, spars, repairs	Stanley Perthshire	01738 26696
Peter Freebody River boats, launches, restoration	Maidenhead Berks	01628 824383
Fyne Boat Kits Kayaks, canoes and sailing boats	Bowness Cumbria	01539 721770
Alastair Garland Restoration. Repair. Spars	Landford Wilts	01794 322653
Neil Garside Repair, joinery, for traditional craft	Bourne End Bucks	01628
Tony Gaze Boatbuilder	Halesworth Suffolk	01379 586241
David S J Graham Boatbuilders Boatbuilder	Henley Oxon	01734 425528
T Green & Co Repair, restore. Also Lloyd Loom	Henley Oxon	01628 829371
Greenway Marine Small clinker dinghy kits	Norwich Norfolk	01508 520397
Harbour Boats www.harbourboats.co.uk Build & restore in wood and composite	Hamworthy Dorset	01202 461256
Harwich Boatcraft Sanderling 18'0 cruiser. Repair. Restoration. Steam launches	Harwich Essex	01255 551396
Henwood & Dean Boatbuilders Restoration of classic Thames boats etc	Henley Berks	01491 571692
Heyland Marine Traditional style dinghies in grp. Oars, paddles etc.	Bourne End Bucks	01628 528830
H E Hipperson Ltd Restoration and repair	Beccles Suffolk	01502 712166
Hoad Sailboats Build in wood. Ian Oughtred designs	Upwaltham W Sussex	01798 344997
Honnor Marine Dayboats	Heywood Lancs	01706 369084
Trefor Hughes Boatbuilding, restoration, RNLI work	Beaumaris Anglesey	0976 921286
JEP Marine Swale range of dinghies, grp simulated clinker	Nr Faversham Kent	01227 750585
Brian D Kennell Restoration of smacks	Maldon Essex	01621 853330
Harry King & Sons Clinker dinghies and dayboats	Ipswich Suffolk	01473 780258
Jordan Boats Plywood kits. Cobles etc.	Cowdenbeath Fife	01383 512768
Kingsley Farrington Linton Hope classics	Trowse Norwich	01603 666545
Kittiwake Boats Traditional style dinghies and dayboats	Macclesfield Cheshire	01260 252157
Lakeland Wooden Boats Traditional wooden dinghies and dayboats. Traditional cruisers. Mallard clinker dinghies. Steam launches. Boats built to order.	Kendal Cumbria	01539 723921
C H Lavis & Son Traditional craft to order. Restoration	Exmouth Devon	01395 263095
Little Ship Projects Wooden craft restoration	Hayling Island Hants	0831 357606
Longwood Boats Boatbuilders	Oulton Broad Lowestoft	01502 574902
Maenporth Boats Angling and dayboats. Pocket Cruiser	Falmouth Cornwall	01326 251046
McGruer Dinghies Clinker dinghies	Glasgow	01436 831313
Julian Mann Boatbuilder Wooden boats to order. Repairs, restorations	Galmpton Devon	01803 843877
Neville Moore Boat Restorations Restorations	Fry's Island Berks	0118 9590346
Adrian Morgan Clinker boatbuilding repair and restoration. Specialises in double ended Norwegian Designs.	Ullapool Wester Ross	01854 613079
David Moss Sea Otter Canoe yawls. Wooden boat restoration, repair	Thornton Lancs	01253 893830
Conrad Natzio Boatbuilder Oystercatcher and Sandpiper available built in plywood or as sets of drawings	Raveningham Norfolk	01508 548675
Newson Boatbuilders Repairs, restorations, spars	Oulton Broad Lowestoft	01502 574902
North Quay Marine Dayboats & Cruisers	Conyer Kent	01795 521711
Fyne Boat Kits Kits for dinghies, kayaks, sailing skiffs	Bowness Cumbria	015394 44300
T Green & Co Repair, restore, Lloyd Loom Furniture	Henley Oxon	01628 829371
Greenwich Marine Services North Quay dayboats 7 gaff cutters. Sheathed timber	Chatham Kent	01634 829723
Native Yacht Co Harrier launches	Brundall Norfolk	01603 716588
Tim O'Keefe, Boatbuilder Wooden boatbuilder. Restorations	Wraysbury Middlesex	01784 482569
Original Box Boat Co Angling craft, canoes, dayboats	Edenbridge Kent	01342 850087
Ian Oughtred, Boat Designer Plans. Caledonian Yawl etc.	Bearnside Isle of Skye	01470 532732
PJS Boats Westray 16 Dayboats in plywood	Bordon Hants	01420 489595
Patterson Boatworks Traditional boatbuilding and restoration	Hawkshead Cumbria	01539 436660
Petticrows Ltd Dragons, others, build and service	Burnham on Crouch, Essex	01621 782115
Phoenix Fleet Electric launches, builders, restoration	Potter Heigham Norfolk	01692 670460
V J Pratt & Sons Norfolk Wanderer wooden clinker dayboats etc	Kings Lynn Norfolk	01553 764058
Pot Wight Marine West Wight potter micro cruiser E-type.	Christchurch Dorset	01202 478396
Reflection Canoes Canoes and paddles		01502 511253
Ian B Richardson Orkney Yole in timber	Stromness Orkney	01856 850321
Sail & Oar Wooden boatbuilder, courses, restoration	Totnes Devon	01803 866680
Salterns Boatbuilders Memory, Wagtail etc	Bursledon Hanst	02380 407606
Sail & Oar Shearwater 16 double ender. Restoration. Tuition.	Totnes Devon	01803 866680
Salter Bros Skiffs, boats for children, electric launches	Folly Bridge Oxford	01865 243421
Salterns Boatbuilders Wagtail dinghies, simulated clinker. Tela dayboats & Memory gaff sloop. GRP	Bursledon Hants	023 8040 7606
Sea King Boatbuilders Clinker boats to 30 ft. "Sea King"	Leigh on Sea Essex	01702 473612
South River Marine Traditional boatbuilding. Norfolk ODs	St Olaves Norfolk	01493 488469
Alan Staley, Shipwright All types of wooden boat work. Spars	Faversham Kent	01795 530668
Stanley & Thomas Boatbuilders Wooden dinghies. Restoration particularly Thames boats	Windsor Berks	01753 833166
Swallow Boat Design & Consultancy Transportable kit or complete boats including Storm Petrel, Razorbill. Little Auk. Plywood	Cardigan Ceredigion	01239 615140
Thames Electric Launch Co Electric launches	Goring Berks	01491 873126
Toughs Boatyard Building Traveller to Yole Ness design by Iain Oughtred	Teddington Middlesex	020 8977 4494
Trecarne Boats Range of day sailers	Redruth Cornwall	01209 843459
Colin Trevelion Ptarmigan dinghies in clinker/ply epoxy	Stansted Essex	01279 814112
W Trout & Son Build, restore, repair wooden boats	Topsham Devon	01392 873044
Ullapool Boatbuilders Traditional boats to order	Ullapool Westeross	01854 613380
West Solent Boat Builders Keyhaven scows etc	Milford on Sea	01590 642080
Willow Bay Boats Farthing dayboat, Ha'penny dayboat, Shilling cruising yawl. All timber or grp	Cleabarrow Cumbria	015394 42741
Woodwind Boats Dinghies, Victorian canoes	Westcliff Essex	01702 846608
Wootton Bridge Industries Wooden boatbuilders, skiffs and dinghies/dayboats, lapstrake copper fastened	Wootton Bridge. IOW	01983 280707
Working Sail Yacht designers and builders	Penryn Cornwall	01326 373645

Traditional boats are available in original and modern materials, fastened as they were when first built, or using modern epoxy systems. Boat builders in the year 2003 have looked carefully at the problems of maintaining traditional style boats, particularly wooden boats, and the use of modern varnishes has greatly reduced maintenance whilst retaining their original appearance.