Well here we are in winter again. Last summer’s sailing seems so far away, but I should recap. All the boats were out and about- three in Scotland, Lizzie May, Hesper and Ezra. Poor old Hesper spent most of August hove-too off various Scottish isles in screaming winds, before running back south. How Ezra up [...]
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To all who wish to contact us at Working Sail, We have now moved the office to Penryn, changing the land line number.The new number is 01326 376316. Postal address and all else stays the same.
So the sailing season is here again, with fantastic weather. Let’s hope it stays, as we need a break, after [...]
A New year, and spring is round the corner, so all hands to the pump. Time is
rushing on, and we are hard at work getting Amelie Rose ready for her launch.
The mast is being made, the ballast keel is going on, the engine in, and the sails are
being made. She is looking good, but there [...]
It was a stormy summer sailing Agnes this year; Sailing first to Brest and Dz, then up the Irish sea, fighting winds and mountainous waves, to the Isle of Man. We were wonderfully received in the lovely castle harbour of Peel, at their Trad Boat Festival. On our return, more storms, we caught a freak [...]
Well what a fantastic weekend we had at the Pilot Cutter Review at St Mawes on the 21st 22ed June With stiff winds it was very exciting to see eleven big cutters all charging around like mad bulls. The collective power is quite a sight. (See Classic boat Magazine August issue. I don’t know how [...]
Sorry we have not given any news for some time. We have been working on rejigging the site. We are now back in gear, so I hope to keep things more up to date.
We are working well on Amelie Rose. The planking is almost complete. And deck beams are in. We should have the deck on [...]
We were very busy this last winter working on Tallulah. The hull was started in September, she was all planked up with deck beams by mid February. With decking, bulwarks and coamings on in the Spring. She has gone well this one, a beautiful drop of planking, clean boards not a knot in the whole [...]
Well we had a very full summer. How do we fit it all in! The pilot cutter revue was a flying success. St Mawes is such a lovely place. To see eleven cutters at anchor off the harbour, with sails up, was like going back in time. I don’t think that there has been such [...]
Well, it’s been a great summer for our boats. Eve has been hard at work doing her thing, sail-training around Cornwall. Lizzie May went to France cruising around Brittany. Hesper went to the Azores, and Ezra is happy in her new life in the Western Isles of Scotland providing adventure holidays. She has been greeted [...]