Cruisemaster Boatyard

08/11/2024

After having to down tools for many years through Dave’s illness I am extremely proud and very happy to be starting up again thanks to the support and involvement of my beautiful friend David Burrough.
The build now has proper footings and work is under way to restore the yard to a working site. We won’t be able to build boats as the amazing Dave Johnston did but we will find our way, it’ll involve a pea green boat, an owl and probably a pussycat searching for a runcible spoon. Life is a wonderful wonderful journey.

05/06/2023

FOR SALE
WANDERER 16' YAWL

Clinker built; marine ply West System.

Center board.
Yawl Cutter Rig.
Full set of sails including Topsail and Mizzen.
Complete with trailer and jockey wheel.
Approx. 20 years old.
No issues. New owner might want to spend time on varnish finish but a sound boat, very stable, excellent for sail training as extremely safe with buoyancy chambers.
Full rigging details included and ready to be collected from Sussex.

We are including rollocks, oars, boat hook, fenders, trailer, jockey wheel.

All enquiries please private message.



£5,950

17/11/2020

10/04/2018

Master Pip.....we are spiling a covering board...Spring is here...we are getting this boat ready for wet.

30/10/2017

Dave's injection ...

"ferrous and non ferrous metal affects the building of a steel ship.
They used to (where possible) lay the keel of a steel ship facing NORTH
As the boat was built the magnetic effect on a compass put on that boat was as near as the true north as possible.

When the boat is launched and everthing on that boat is ready for sea they have a compass adjuster on board who would swing the boat 360 degrees (literally move the boat in a big circle) over a period of time as the compass adjuster did his calculations.
At the end of the day he presented the Captain with a small chart stating how much deviation or variation he should allow to sail east or west. t

There were degrees to add or detract to keep them on a true course.

26/09/2017

Working on the gratings. Boat will soon have a swanky red and white wood floor.

18/09/2017

Man with new man toy

11/09/2017

well I feel that Im back in my first year as an apprentice doing this.

11/09/2017

Possible courses for the Winter

11/09/2017

Thinking of running a workshop.
Half Models.
During the Winter.
? Anyone intereted?

11/09/2017

The latest build. 20 foot.

11/09/2017

The boat shed that we have been building is now just about completed.
We are now building BOATS again on a small scale (for now) until we have rebuilt the slipway.
The new boathouse is a LOT nicer to work in than the old tin shed