Swallow Boats are unusual amongst boat builders in that they offer a full design service.

Our integrated approach to custom boat production generates considerable savings for customers who would otherwise have to employ a naval architect and a boatbuilder. Since we only design what we need, and build what we design, there is little redundancy and work flows seamlessly from computer to manufacture.

We also strive to remain at the forefront of technological advances in computer aided design and manufacture as this enables us to build boats exactly as the computer predicts, saving time and money.

This approach has led us to many design-and-build commisions over the years. Our CAD/CAM facility and design expertise helps us to keep costs extremely low and a typical custom designed craft is usually of comparable price to a production boat.

This section of the website tries to keep you informed about what is going on design-wise at Swallow Boats. There are links on the left to various sections including design papers/opinions and speculative craft,