Great craftsmenship - handmade of high quality wooden ship models & wooden animal, jewelry boxes. Boatbuilders, manufacturers & repair yards a to m: abbott boats inc. (420, wayfarer & soling sailboats, abbott cruising sailboats, 22-36', wavebreaker & fisherman. Redbay boats has been building boats from its base in cushendall, county antrim for the past 40 years and was founded by tom mclaughlin jnr, who is still at the helm.
The boats of swallows and amazons and related web pages are presented on all things ransome with the kind permission of stuart k. wier. return to all things ransome.. The post boat is based on the loch broom post boat; a small, clinker-built sailing vessel which was used for delivery of mail to the remote community on loch broom. You will find on this page my "sail and oar" designs for amateur builders. most of them may also be purchased "ready to sail" from authorised builders..