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

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Jay Benford Cruising Dory, Badger

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In 1978, Jay Benford expanded on his cruising experience in the 34 foot topsail ketch, Sunrise, to create a dory hulled cruising boat. Ther...
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Friday, 19 October 2012

Sacré Cinquo! – is the 505 really French?

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Amazingly the 505 dinghy, still one of the most exciting performance boats in the world, is close to celebrating its 60 th birthday. Is...
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Monday, 24 September 2012

Aile - a pretty pre-war keelboat

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A modern Aile in GRP, built by ACCF of Pont L'Abbe, Brittany  The Aile is a one-design keelboat, built originally by the Finnish A...
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Sunday, 22 July 2012

The Columbia 43: a classic Tripp racer

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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...
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Thursday, 5 July 2012

Bill Tripp's fast and beautiful boats

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Dancer is a Tripp-designed, 55-foot flush deck aluminum cutter built in 1965 by Abeking & Rasmussen. Copyright by Brandon Ford, 2016...
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Friday, 29 June 2012

Fairey Duckling

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Hugh Coryn wrote to say that he had recently acquired a Fairey Duckling, built 1962 still varnished complete with her original suit of Willi...
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Saturday, 9 June 2012

Fairey Atalanta

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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...
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Sunday, 1 April 2012

Brigand

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We had an interesting letter from Francesco Tomei who describes himself as " proud italian owner of the wonderful Brigand 7,50 - Nonnop...
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Friday, 3 February 2012

Swan 38 - The Definitive Cruiser/Racer

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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...
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