Wooden Drascombe
Name: Skomer
Type: Lugger
Builder: Kelly and Hall
Year: c1970
Owner: Rufus Harding
Some
history from Doug Elliott:- "An educated guess of when she was
built would be 1970. The internal layout etc was not built that way from
new, it must have been adapted at a later date."
And some more:- "A bit of extra Drascombe history information that I used to identify the year Skomer was built at K&H . The mizzen mast is square section and tapered on the early boats, also the rudder guide is all metal rather than a smaller metal guide set in a wooden pad, and you can see in the photos that the rudder guide shows the rudder has a leading edge to the blade in front of the shaft, this was altered on later boats. The clincher is the nameplate, this would have been for the old address at Newton Ferrers, tel. number Newton Ferrers 457 only used before they moved to Yealmbridge. The nameplate and telephone number was different after that, it was a Yealmpton tel number, so the old name plates would not have been used. I like the touch of the wooden bullseyes added by someone for the centreplate haul and the mizzzen sheet lead, but not too keen on the for'd locker and breakwater for appearance. although quite practical."
Last updated: 13 March, 2009
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