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Fowey boatbuilder Marcus Lewis has been in touch to ask for help tracking down the owner of Fowey River Dinghy. This year is the 70th anniversary of the Fowey River Dinghy class, which was based on the Yachting World 15ft Knockabout Dinghy designed by Reg Freeman. The plans were published by Yachting World in the … Continue reading “Fowey River Dinghy class seeks to contact the owner of FR number 4”
Fowey boatbuilder Marcus Lewis has written to tell us about some of his recent yard news: ‘Hi Gavin, hope all is well. I just thought I would drop you an email with what has been happening. ‘Recently I’ve built a lovely little 8ft pram dinghy for a customer, replicating a dinghy of his grandfather’s that … Continue reading “News from Fowey boatbuilder Marcus Lewis”
Fowey held a rally for ex-lifeboats recently as these smashing photos by local chap Paul Richards show. Local boat builder Marcus Lewis reports that a great selection of ex-lifeboats turned up, and bright breezy weather helped the flags to fly. All of the boats were made open to the public, who were asked for donations … Continue reading “Old lifeboats rally at Fowey”