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 with open arms everywhere she went and is booked out solidly. A very good first season indeed! 

 

The Working Sail team have been busy sailing Agnes, chasing around the festivals. All our boats started the season with a regatta in St Mawes racing with boats such as Jolie Brise. Great fun was had by all, and it was good to see them all together! Quite a family. This, we hope, will become an annual event. Afterwards, they then scattered to the four winds.

 

Agnes went to the Mousehole Luggers Event near Penzance in Cornwall. Then on to the festival at Douarnenez in France, where much merriment was had! Coming back after this to her spiritual home, the Isles of Scilly, for the Around-the-Island Race. She has done a lot of sea miles in her short life and is happy back at home in the Cornish waters. As you may have noticed we have not sold her. It was decided that she’d serve us best as an ambassador for Working Sail, giving our customers a chance to experience one of our vessels before taking the plunge. She will also serve as a test bed for new design ideas.

 

Now we are back at work building the next cutter. Her name will be Tallulah. At 44′ she will be a cross breed of the best parts of Lizzie May and Hesper, with a touch of Ezra thrown in for good measure. Her build schedule is: Keel laid in October, framed up in December, planked up by March 2007 and sailing spring 2008. She is going to be an elegant boat - we are refining our vessels all the time!