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 boat! The two inch Oak top planking went in beautifully, Oak is a wonderful wood, after steaming it is so pliable, tucking in under the counter with such ease. Its a joy to plank in Oak!

 

 

During the summer months we will be fitting out her interior, engine cabins and bunks. She will be taken out of the construction shed in the Autumn for her rig to be set up.

This will then liberate the space for the construction of the next vessel. Which will start at the end of this year. Another forty four footer, which appears to be a popular size with our customers. These vessels are not too big to handle and yet provide a large space internally.

Agnes has a full summer planed this year. It starts with the St Mawes Pilot Cutter Championship on the 8th of June. Where she will meet her sisters ships again, always a splendid sight. Several Bristol Pilot Cutters are planning to come along. This is an event we hope will build year on year.

Then the Looe Luggers race takes place, a festival loved by all. A great welcome is given by the locals, to all the visiting boats and crews who are guaranteed a real festive atmosphere.

After that its back to here home port of Falmouth before embarking for the Isles of Scilly where she will wait for a fair wind. Agnes will be crossing the Celtic Sea this August, flying the flag for Working Sail. She will visit Cork and then sail along the southern Irish coast to Baltimore where she will meet up with friends. Then she will pass the Blasket Islands, and cruise the west coast to Galway. This is an area that has a great tradition of wooden boats. So Agnes should be well received, where the sight of a big cutter like her, sailing in through the islands should turn a few heads.