1001 Boats

The idea behind this blog is very simple, to post images and information on a 1001 boats and while we’re at it raise a little money for charity. If you visit and enjoy the site please make a donation to the charities - links are on the right, just scroll down and donate a couple of Pounds or Dollars - Thanks

Sunday, 22 July 2012

The Columbia 43: a classic Tripp racer

The Columbia 43 is a big, muscular boat made for long ocean races. The boat is largely forgotten now because its birth coincided with the...

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Bill Tripp's fast and beautiful boats

Dancer is a Tripp-designed, 55-foot flush deck aluminum cutter built in 1965 by Abeking & Rasmussen. Copyright by Brandon Ford, 2016...

Friday, 29 June 2012

Fairey Duckling

Hugh Coryn wrote to say that he had recently acquired a Fairey Duckling, built 1962 still varnished complete with her original suit of Willi...

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Fairey Atalanta

Decked out for the Royal Jubilee this Fairy Atalanta has it's origin if not precisely in the Coronation year 1953 but is certainly a p...

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Brigand

We had an interesting letter from Francesco Tomei who describes himself as " proud italian owner of the wonderful Brigand 7,50 - Nonnop...

Friday, 3 February 2012

Swan 38 - The Definitive Cruiser/Racer

Readers of novels are willing to believe the most outrageous and tortuous plots - in the case of my, as yet, unfinished novel it's about...

Friday, 23 December 2011

Slacktide

Here’s something very different from Dave Zeiger of TriloBoats which are a family of barge/scow hulls that have been adapted for fast an...

Sunday, 18 December 2011

Foxer Dinghy

Members of the Hamble River Sailing Club Foxer Fleet can be seen sailing every weekend, out on the water all year around summer and winter a...

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Nicholson 48

I’m not really a fan of centre cockpit yachts, but the exception proves the rule as they say. The first time we went aboard a Nicholson 48 w...

Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Joshua

Bernard Moitessier will always be remembered as the strange Frenchman who might have beaten Robin Knox-Johnston to be the first man to sail ...

Saturday, 5 November 2011

Elizabeth - Copper Ore Barge

An unusual although no less deserving and interesting boat, sadly neglected was brought to my attention by Tedd Gregg, who kindly sent in th...

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