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M S Redman designed
two very small cruisers, we might call them micro cruisers, for which he
sold plans during the sixties and seventies. These were the Barbel 12 and 14 -
the 14 was probably the more practical. The boat had a beam of 5ft (1.52m),
an attractive sheer, and a small cabin which Redman
designed to have room for two full length bunks. Sitting headroom was
around 3'4 (1.02m).
The Bell Woodworking Seagull and Seamew are both sloop rigged marine-ply boats designed by Ian Proctor. The Seagull is regarded by some as a "plywood classic". Both boats were available as kits from Bell Woodworking, but a handful were also completed by Bell in-house. There is no official owners association but the webmaster of the owners website will always be pleased to hear from new and existing owners
Contact: www.seagullmew.org
About the Seagull
LOA 6.70m (22'0) LWL 5.26m (17'3) Beam 2.06m (6'9)
Draft keel up 0.43m (1'5) Draft keeel down 1.12m (3'9)
Sail Area, working 14.8sq m (170 sq ft) Genoa 10.68 sq m (115 sq ft)
Berths 2 Construction 4 plank lapstrake hard chine marine plyAbout the Seamew
LOA 6.70m (22'0) LWL 6.40m (21'0) Beam 2.24m (7'4)
Draft keel up 0.53m (1'9) Draft keel down 1.27m (4'2)
Sail area working 18.76 sq m ( 202sq ft) Genoa 12.82 sq m (138 sq ft)
Berths 4 Construction 4 plank lapstrake hard-chine marine plyPhoto: Bell Seagull
John Lawes tells us that he has started a basic Bowman26 site at www.geocities.com/bowman26mk2
Anyone with an interest in these fine craft should get in touch with John, with a view to putting an association together. Email John at Jemjohn@aol.com
Owners of Caprice - the Robert Tucker design at 19'0 - who would be interested in forming an Association please contact Tradboat at info@tradboat.co.uk. We will be happy top put owners together.
Cheverton Caravel Owners Club
Mike
Winter tell us that the Cheverton Yard on the Isle of Wight, built
Caravels in the 1950s, prior to the yard being sold to Fairey Marine after
which it concentrated on military craft. Mike has this boat moored
in Weymouth is looking to contact other owners of David Cheverton boats with the
thought of starting a club if one does not exist at present. He can be
reached by email at ifamike@btopenworld.com
About the boat: LOA 7m. 3 Berth cruiser with
long keel and inboard diesel engine. She carries 141 sq ft in the main and
a Genoa of 175 sq ft. The boat shown in the photograph is Jacinta
Caravel no 25
claymore
Eileen
Wicklund writes" We have been in contact with several Claymore owners via
the internet, the
earliest boat that we are currently aware of is our own boat which was
constructed in 1970. The latest vessel that we have found is one that is
currently being offered for sale and is listed as a 1980 model."
About the boat:
The following are the basic construction dimensions as listed in the
builders sales brochure. The boat was offered with either a Sloop rig or
a Ketch rig.
About the Claymore
Designer: Alan Hill
Builder: Marine Construction, Ltd. (Marcon), England.
LOA. 30' (9.23m) Water line. 24' (7.38m) Beam. 10' (3.08m) Draft. 4' 1" (1.26M)
Full Keel, 2-1/2 tons ballast Displacement. 6.3 tons Thames Tonnage. 11
Designed sail area:
Ketch rig: Main/Mizzen/Genoa, 466 sq. ft. (43.1sq. m.).
Sloop rig: Main/Genoa, 460 sq. ft. (42.6 sq. m.).
The first Corribee designed by Robert Tucker appeared in 1965. (I remember drooling over the first boat at the London Boat Show. It looked so much like a small Folkboat. Ed.) The original wooden design was reproduced in grp by Newbridge Boats of Bridport in the late 60s.
Our black & white photograph is taken from an early advertisement placed by Newbridge. Three marques were available finally - spanning the period late 60s to early eighties.
Membership Application form, contact: info@corribee.org.uk
Web: www.corribee.org.uk
Contact the Corribee Association at the email address above. Membership costs £10.00 per year which includes a programme of events, a newsletter, access to technical information in the COA manual and contact with other Corribee owners.
A short history can be found at http://freespace.virgin.net/patrick.fox/corribee/
About the Corribee
LOA 20'9 (6.32m) . LWL 16'3 (4.95m). Beam 6'9 (2.06m)
Draft Fin 3'0 (0.91m), twin 2'2 (0.67m) Displacement 2000 lbs (907kg)
Sail area 156 sq ft (14.49sq m) (3/4 standard rig) 175sq ft masthead rig.
Berths 4. Construction clinker, originally in wood and later in grp.
Sail mark Trefoil.Coromandel
At this time there was a fashion for Junk rigs probably inspired by Haslar's "Jester". Coromandel was a Corribee under junk rig.
Dauntless Association
Contact Membership Sec:
Alan Holland 115 Station Avenue Wickford Essex SS11 7AY Tel: 01268 733651
Web: http://www.museit.co.uk/dauntless/home.html
Membership of the Association is open to any one interested in boats produced by the Dauntless Company. Currently the Association has about 60 members mostly owning Dauntless Yachts, but the Dauntless production also included sailing dinghies, motor cruisers - and - surprisingly children's paddle boats! Membership costs (at Jan 2007) only £3.00 per year which also includes two issues of Dauntless News.About the Dauntless
The Dauntless Company was started by "Skipper" Clayton on Canvey Island during the early 30s and moved to Welshpool during the war years where they built mostly small craft including sailing dinghies. They also built a range of specialist boats which included children's 'Paddle Boats, many bought by Billy Butlin for his holiday camps.
Dauntless returned to Canvey Island in the latter part of the war where production of the Dauntless sloop started in 1946 with "Ruth". Incidentally "Ruth", a MK1 still going strong. These early boats are recognised by their wider decks. The Mk11 version introduced in the 50s carried the cabin roof out to the sides. 460 boats of this type were built before the introduction of a Mk1l1 version.
A typical Dauntless sloop is clinker built with broad beam and (usually) a high peak gunter rig using tan sails. All boats are numbered (look on the sternpost) and these numbers are recorded by the class association - who will probably know not only the date of build but also the name of the shipwright. ! (how these records were obtained is a story in itself . Ed.)
Working drawings are available and new boats may be built to the original specs. Incidentally, the company was still building skiffs and dinghies until it closed in the early 70s.
Contact: John Williams
Bluebell Cottage
Grange Road
Tillingham
Essex CM0 7UB
Tel: (01621) 778859
Web: www.eventides.org.uk
The Eventide was designed in 1958 by Maurice Griffiths
and is still being built. Plans are available from the Eventide Owners Assoc.
and to date 2300 sail numbers have been allocated of which there are probably
1000 afloat and a few hundred building. Membership of the Association is about
350 boats. Eventide is as 24 ft single chine cruising yacht regularly amateur
built.
Membership of the Eventide Owners Association costs 10.00 per year
and includes two bulletins a year. Cruises in company are organised on
a regional basis amongst the 300+ members. The Association is geared towards
creek cruising and coastal passages. Owners of other similar boats are
welcome to come along and join. Technical advice is always available and the
Association organises builders meets where an anybody thinking about
starting boat or simply needing advice can talk to other builders and
see a boat under construction.
Plans As well as the Eventide, the Association also sells the plans for the YM
Senior introduced in 1950 to a Kenneth Gibb design, (about 1800 boats
built), the Waterwitch by Maurice
Griffiths, introduced in 1963 (about 1000 worldwide) and the Riptide
31ft (about 50 built), and most other YM Designs including YM Junior, Wild
Duck, the YM 3 Tonner, Gooseander, Mouette, and Storm 26. Study plans
for these boats are available from the Association usually costing around
3.00 as a taster for the full size plans. Ring Mike Mildren on
01728 689120
.
Fairey Owners Club
The HBA was formed in December 1973 as a
result of the effort of Ron Goodhand but with several strands coalescing.
Full members are owners, joint owners and past owners of HB designed
boats.
Associate Members need only have an interest in THB and
various facets of his life. Briefly our aims are to locate and keep
track of HB boats world-wide; to keep in touch with owners; to exchange and
provide information about THB, his work, yacht designs and boats built form
them.Hunter & Minstrel Owners Association
Contact: Peter Stubbings
East House, East Street
Kimbolton, Cambs PE18 0HU
Tel: 01480 860922
Web: www.himoa.flyer.co.uk
Email: p.stubbings@btinternet.co.uk
Some 110 Libertys (unstayed ketch rig) and 30 Minstrels (gunter sloop) were built between 1981 and 1986. Many are still in original ownership. This friendly association was founded 7 years ago, 83 owners are members and we would dearly like to find the unlocated boats (one turned up in Auckland ) Membership is open to owners and anyone seeking to purchase one of these boats
.Associate members
need only to have an interest in
Hurley Owners Association
Contact: John Udy
Email: hurleyowners@freeuk.com
Web: www.geocities.com/hurleyowners
The Hurley Owners Association is open to owners of any boats designed by Ian Anderson including the 20, 22, 24/70, 27 30/90 and Felicity. The association has members in the UK (obviously) but also in Europe, North and South America. It is developing a network of area and specialist class reps so that it can keep owners in touch and provide support services for enquirers. Ian Anderson himself gives us a lot of support
Lymington L Class
These boats were 23'3 overall and 19'6 on the
waterline. They had a beam of 6'10 and a draft of 3'8. Sloop
rigged they displaced 2.7 tons. The boat is by Laurent Giles designed in
1931 and 18 were built by 1938. We are indebted to Geoff Douglas for
this information. Geoff has recently acquired L13 originally named
Madeline and more recently Syvoma. Restoration is under way.
(Geoff says that most of the original boats are still around, and we would
be interested to hear of an owners association. Ed)
Sources:
"Laurent Giles: An Evolution in Yacht Design"
by Adrian Lee &
Ruby Phillpott, published by Nautical Books
"Classic Boat" December 1999
Lysander
Owners Association
Subscription is:
£12.00 pa.
The boat: LOA 17ft or 19ft. Beam 6ft 8.
Draft 2ft 3 Sail Area 125 sq ft.
Sailfish
18 Class AssociationSailfish 565 from the same moulds has now gone
into production and the first boat was exhibited at the NEC in February 2001
Details from
Philip Swain of Bridgeness Boats. Tel: (01332) 674353
Seagull and Seamew
See Bell Seagull and Seamew above
Shipmate
Owners Association
Contact:
The late Norman Howard designed two versions of the Shipmate - the Shipmate dayboat which was built by Smallcraft, and the Shipmate Senior, a trailer sailer with a cabin, built by Smallcraft and later by Seaborne. (The boat is no longer in production) .
The Association has currently about 60 Members, arranges weekend meets at various venues and produces a newsletter - the Saga - twice a year. Membership details from Philip Weston. Current fees - owners £7.50 pa and Associates £6.50 paSignet 20 & Signet 20 MK 2
Ray
Kaufman
Contacts
A Yahoo Group was formed in January 2004 by
Signet
20 typical specification
|
LOA
|
19.10
(6.04m) |
|
LWL |
16.0
(4.87m) |
|
Beam |
6.8
(2.03m) |
|
Draft |
2
or 3 (0.61 or 0.91m) |
|
Sail
Area |
103
sq ft |
|
Sail
Area Jib |
89
sq ft |
|
Sail
Area - |
154
sq ft |
|
Sail
Area Spinnaker |
180
sq ft |
|
Sail
Area Storm jib |
40
sq ft |
|
Ballast |
800
lbs (363.2
kg) |
|
Displacement |
2146lbs
(928.7 kg) |
|
|
All
fibreglass construction |
|
Spars |
Aluminium
+ S/S rigging |
|
Berths |
Three
or Four |
The Silhouette was introduced in 1955 and
ceased production in 1972. It was designed by Robert Tucker originally
at 16'0 (4.92m) for home building (MkI) and then increased to 17'3 (5.30m) loa
(MkII) and put into production by George Hurley (A G Hurley Marine) as a
trailer sailer in plywood and later in grp. Three further Mks followed built
mostly by Hurleys but other by builders too (see
below Ed.) About 500 boats of various marks
are still sailing, most popular being the SII's and SIII's. Technical advice
is available through Denis Heald (contact at the address
below.)
Silhouette Mks:
( I am indebted to T C Eaves for what follows Ed.)
Silhouette Mk1: 16'0 (4.92m) loa in
plywood, (designed to come out of two eight by five sheets), only a handful ,
home built as intended. Did not have the wavey sheer characteristic of
the later boats.
Silhouette Mk11: 17'3 (5.30m) loa about
2200 built by Hurley Marine. Mostly in plywod some later ones in grp
Silhouette Mk111: 315 boats built nearly all
by Hurley in GRP but see MkIV
Silhouette MkIV: 15 boats fitted out by
another company with two 1/4 berths and no forward window. In effect a
modified MkIII. Gel coat in pale green - slightly confusing because some
of the MkIIIs were also in this colour.
Silhouette Mk V: 30 boats built in grp by
various builders including Russell Curnow in Cornwall. Topside increased
by about 3" to provide extra headroom. One boat built by Varne
Yachts No 3030
Contacts:
Hon Sec Mrs Barbara M Heald
or: V E Senatore (Vice Chairman)
14, Cornec Chase, Leigh-on-Sea Essex SS9 5EW Tel and Fax: (01702) 523540.or:
Neil Minto (teasurer)The Boats. The Association has about
300 members (March 2007) who between them own Snapdragons, Mirages and Invaders, all originally built by Thames Marine at Canvey Island.These are the boats which qualify for membership of
the Association:
Invader 20, 22
Mirage 16, 2700, 28, 29, 37
Snapdragon 600. 21, 670, 23, 747, 24, 26, 27,
890, 29 .
Technical. A journal is published by the Association bi-annually containing technical information and articles submitted by members. A technical information service is available free to members only, providing reprints of rigging, sail and hull plans for the majority of classes. Every member is presented with a register of subscribing members detailing boat name, sail number, sailing area and telephone number to enable members to get in touch with each other about technical problems. The register is updated twice a year.
Membership The Association has Thames Estuary,
Medway and East coast rallies, meetings in early Autumn, and Spring and
Summer cruises. Membership extends currently as far as Australia,
Sweden, Canada, and the USA. To become a member a £10 registration fee
is charged and the annual subscription is £10 (paid by standing order).
For more information please use any of the contacts above.
The Trident Owners
Association
Contact:
Mike Ford TOA Hon Sec 34 Kittiwake Close Herne Bay , Kent CT6 6JS Tel: 01227 749847
Email: TOAsecretary@tiscali.co.uk Web: trident-owners-association.co.ukTrident was designed by Alan F Hill and built by Marcon Marine between 1968 and 1974. This association is for owners of the 24 foot Trident sloop and currently has about 130 members and about
104 boats. Trident's were offered for build / sale in three versions to cover local sailing and mooring conditions. There was a Fin Keel, drawing 3'8'', Triple Keel, drawing 2' 6" and a C/B drawing a minimum of 2' 1" ; the mast being in a tabernacle for those who had to contend with bridges / obstructions.
The early Tridents were built with a GRP hull built to Lloyds requirements
and Timber deck, cabin and interior. Later versions were built of GRP with
Timber trim.
The association runs a public web site, and a members access only Email site under the 'Yahoo Group' system. Both Web and Email sites are undergoing development. Full membership of the 'Trident Owners Association' is conditional on owning a Trident Yacht with Associate membership open to previous owners.
Vega Association of GB (VAGB)
Contact: Diana Webb, Hon Sec
76 Burdon Lane
Cheam, Surrey SM2 7BZ
Tel. 0208 642 9521
Web site: Http://www.albinvega.co.uk
Designed by Per Brohall, these 27ft boats were built by Albin of Sweden. They were introduced in 1966, and production ceased in 1978. There are around 3500 boats sailing worldwide - about 2500 of them belonging to one of seven Vega clubs, of which the UK Club has around 200 members. Twelve Vegas have completed circum-navigations, the last one single handed.
Technical advice - talk to Steve Birch (Treasurer) on (01684) 568676 (8 Cockshot Road, Gt Malvern, Worcs WR14 2TT) - or email him at steve@albinvega.com VAGB make their own spares for members.
Plans are available from the Vega One Design Association or VAGB.