Swallow Boats are in the middle of expanding their workshop facilities with a new site adjacent to their current premises (October 07)
 
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View to the West - Teifi estuary at full flood

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View to the South, where the building will be sited

 Those of you who have spoken to myself or my father Nick recently will probably have heard the phrase "when we're in the new workshop" repeated as an almost holy mantra. It has taken us 2 years to get to this point, I won't bore readers with the details, but we are very excited and hope to be in by Christmas (that's Christmas 2007).

The amount of work that has to go into a project like this is huge, especially for non building industry professionals like us. I am lucky to have had my father supervise, plan and manage the whole thing, leaving me free to concentrate on the business. Without him I would have some pretty irate customers. Thanks Dad!


Our local sailing club invites all Drascombe and Swallow Boats owners to a friendly informal race in Cardigan Bay
 
Drascombe Rally
Some of the craft participating in a joint Swallowboats and Drascombe Rally in July 07
 Back in July we had a friendly rally for drascombes and Swallowboats, which despite Squally weather on the Sunday was a huge success. The Teifi Boat Club could not have been more generous in their hospitality and have extended an open invite to all Swallow Boat customers and Drascombers for for an informal race/rally out in Cardigan Bay. This August Bank Holiday Weekend (25th). For more details, please contact us.


The New Trouper 12 hits the water at last!
 Trouper 12 The lug sail arrived at last and we got out new 12 footer on the water. She really goes well and we are very pleased with her stable feel under sail. We will post more photos when we get the chance for better weather.
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We are Selling our Strip-Planked Storm 17 Hull
 Click to see real size After much deliberation, we have decided to offer the strip plank storm 17 hull (that we used to make the GRP mould from) for sale. Our initial intention was to turn her into an even more beautiful, wooden version of her GRP sisters, but we have reluctantly concluded that we do not have the time to dedicate and do justice to this hull.
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Storm 15
Storm 15 at Beale Park Show 2006
 		 Shows and Events 2007
Swallow Boats will be atttending a large number of events in the UK and abroad in 2007.
5-7th May: Welsh Boat Show. Carmarthen Show Ground. First public appearance for the BayRaider.
12-20th May: Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan. A lively French festival. Swallow Boats will be there with their new BayRaider, the Storm 17, possibly the Cardigan Bay Lugger, and Claus will be bringing his SeaRaider, "Craic".

8th-10th June: Beale Park Thames Boat Show. The friendly successor to the Wooden Boat Show. Come and try as many of our range as we can bring, including the new BayRaider and Trouper 12.

15th-17th June: The South Wales Boat Show. Held at Margam Park, about an hour from the Severn Bridge along the M4. We will be there with as many boats as we can muster.

Look out for more updates to this list. Swallow Boats will be organising an open regatta and open day  - weekend of the 7th-8th July,  on the river Teifi and out in Cardigan Bay - details to be confirmed.
There is also the Teifi BC regatta on the 25th of August (Bank holiday weekend). They hold an informal Drascombe race and all swallowboats customers have an open invite. Please contact us for more information about these events.
BayRaider
The first two boats are being built winter 06-07
 		 Latest Construction Photos of BayRaider posted.
A link to the photos can be found at the bottom of the BayRaider page (see the link at the top of this page) or you can go straight there by clicking here
We are hoping to launch these boats in Feb 07 - and are happy to take bookings for a test sail. Please fill in the form at the bottom of the BayRaider page.


trouper 12
The New Trouper 12 from Swallow Boats. A Car-Topper designed as a kit or complete boat
 		Trouper 12 - A Roof-Rackable Dinghy
The Trouper 12 is a new dinghy we designed especially for car topping. She was on display at the London Boat Show, and she is having her rig designed and built at present. She should be ready for production by Late Feb/ early March 07. You can read more about this curvaceous little craft by clicking on the drawing board

Winsome Pedal Launch in Production
Winsome was publicly launched at 'The Broads Green Boat Show - A Silent Sensation' at Salhouse Broad, Wroxham on Saturday 30th September 2006.   See the Winsome pages for a report on the show.

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Click to see real size New BayRaider to Start Building
The BayRaider, our latest project is coming closer to reality as the design phase draws to a close. The design is a collaborative effort between Swallowboats and three future owners and is a slightly de-tuned and smaller version of our SeaRaider design. More emphasis has been placed on family comfort while maintaining the self righting and self draining characteristics that were so impressive on SeaRaider.
More information on BayRaider can be found on the drawing board

The first UK Home Built Boat Regatta has been organised by Alec Jordan, of Jordan Boats and is a chance for home builders to get together, chat, and try their own and others' boats in the Cotswold Water Park. It is being held the weekend of the 16th/17th September 2006 and Matt Newland of Swallow Boats will be there, bringing their new Storm 15 and possibly their Sandpiper sailing canoe. It's a central location, there is camping virtually on site, and there are quite a number of interesting boats already committed (see website). We would strongly encourage any swallowboats customers to bring their boats along. There is also a three month free subscription to Watercraft magazine,  to anyone who brings a boat they have built.
More information can be found on the website:
http://www.uk-hbbr.co.uk/uk/index.htm


Our newest design, the cabin topped Cardigan Bay Lugger was launched yesterday (9th July 06) for the first time. She is essentially a Storm 19 with a cuddy cabin, sleeping room for two with space for basic cooking and a chemical loo. She has been in build over the past two months and lurking on this site under the Design Work section. You can see more of the launch photos there.
 
Cardigan Bay Lugger
Launched!

After a longer than anticipated period of development, our unique pedal powered boat Winsome will be ready for production, summer 2006. Please click on the winsome link at the top for more information.

Swallow Boats had a successful show at Beale Park taking several orders for kits and complete boats. Make sure you see us there again next year, early June 2007.
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