Clinker Boats

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  • Redwings getting their coats on

    We’ve been busy in the workshop (well, mostly me on my own when it comes to the prep.) preparing a couple of the Tenby Redwings and re-varnishing bits and pieces and a complete new build-up on the deck of ‘Shamrock’, R241. Her deck had become salty and saturated because the…

  • Redwing Spring Maintenance

    I’m busy helping a few of our club members get our Redwings ready for the start of the 2026 sailing season. R241 ‘Shamrock’ came in for a minor cockpit coaming repair but because of the extremely damp conditions she’s been stored in over the winter her deck plywood which was…

  • ‘Corianne’ A Shetland Isles skiff

    I’ve added a page to the site describing a small boat that I’ve owned for many years: ‘Corianne’ was probably built in North Shetland sometime in the 1950s and is a small version of this very seaworthy double-ended style that is very popular in the islands. I know nothing of…

  • Redwing R30 ‘Talofa’

    I’ve started some further work on Redwing no. 30 ‘Talofa’. She still needs a fair bit of work doing and there is quite a list of jobs. For now I have started some work on replacing a couple of planks that had split at a weak point – along the…