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Drastic 'D'.
Drastic ‘D’.
The Drascombe boats story.
Drascombe Lugger, Longboat, Dabber doo-dah etc etc.
October 2019…..in one of the rare clear and quiet days i had during my autumn cruise to the west country i was ghosting slowly down Falmouth roads, somewhere off Mylor when i noticed that a little light blue lug rigged yawl was also out just enjoying the day. Like me it’s skipper was sitting down to leeward to…
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Sailing Around Ireland In A Drascombe Lugger
These lads are planning on sailing around Ireland in a Drascombe Lugger this June. They are raising funds for the RNLI by doing so. Give them a follow. It should be quite the adventure!
Please come back summer.....
Drascombe Lugger
The Drascombe story starts in the early 1960s with John Watkinson, a former Royal Navy officer, building a boat for himself and his family. John's requirements were for a daysailer, capable of being trailed, stable (to counterract his wife's tendency to seasickness), and safe; but capable of giving an experienced sailor a lively and exciting sail. The boat that John hand-built in a barn on his farm at Drascombe Barton was inspired by the working boats of England's North-East coast, which themselves can trace an ancestry back to the Vikings. More at the source: http://www.drascombe-association.org.uk/drascombes.php
