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Does anyone know the history of Percy Blandford-designed outboard boat Pandora?

    Neil Greenfield is embarking a project to restore Pandora, a small outboard boat built to Percy Blandford’s Venturer design, and he’s posting about his progress at the Classic Motor Boat Association forum. Neil asks whether anyone knows the history of the boat? Apparently, on the dashboard there’s a small brass plaque that bears … Continue reading “Does anyone know the history of Percy Blandford-designed outboard boat Pandora?”

Percy Blandford is 100 today!

Percy Blandford ‘There is a tremendous satisfaction to be had from boating, and many possible ways of going afloat, canoeing offers something special in adventure and romance and particularly the satisfaction of being skipper of your own craft. That often misquoted bit by Water Rat about there being nothing half as much fun as simply … Continue reading “Percy Blandford is 100 today!”

A Gremlin, a Walnut and a long career in boatbuilding and design: some of the story of Richard Pierce

Boat designer and builder Richard Pierce has been in touch to tell us some of the story of his life in boat building and boat design. (See his growing weblog here.) It all began when Richard was a seven year-old with a Percy Blandford Gremlin in 1958. Some 17 years later in 1978 he Richard … Continue reading “A Gremlin, a Walnut and a long career in boatbuilding and design: some of the story of Richard Pierce”