That's a cool looking boat, and a great story, Ed.

Scotty


"Edgar" wrote in message
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Group, since not a lot is going on at the moment why not
take a look at
www.schoonersail.com and see the 70' steel schooner that
my friend John has
built for himself.
John used to crew for me on yacht deliveries 25/30 years
ago. His first
self-build project was a 60' polynesian catamaran to James
Wharram's design
which he built in his garden on the upper Thames in
England. That one was
plywood sheathed in GRP.
The river was not wide enough to assemble her there so he
lashed the two
hulls together and floated her down until the river was
wide enough to mount
the cross members. He sailed her to Spain and lived aboard
for a while until
he decided he wanted more accomodation.
So he set to and designed and built 'Trinovante'. She is
steel and three
masted as you can see and was built in a field in eastern
England by John
himself using welding and cutting torches and a hand
operated crane. She was
built in two halves and taken to the dockside where he
welded them together
and launched her. Then in a small creek he rigged the mast
and sails while
his wife Sue fitted out the cabins. The whole project took
fifteen years
because from time to time they had to take jobs to finance
the venture.
Now he is running trips around UK on this fine vessel so
if you want to
cruise UK this is the way to go. He is bringing her to
Norway this year to
start a round Britain cruise from there.
I think it will be very hard to beat this as a self-build
project carried
through to fruition.