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When are able, we will upload any article and reviews to the site so you can read about our boats on and off the water.

LIIT Classic 37' Launch from Cockwells

Motorboat and Yachting have been covering the build of this Launch and recently joined us on the sea trials and were definitely impressed! ~ Download the PDFs of the articles below:

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Ocean Fauna 32' launch

Ocean Fauna was selected by Boat International as one of the 25 world’s best retro-styled launches, to find out more download the PDFs of the articles below:

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Merlin 48' Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter

Merlin was launched in November 2009, her build has been covered by a series of seven articles recently commissioned by Classic Boat magazine. They are written by our General Manager (and budding author!) Nigel Sharp, the first of these was out in the January 2010 edition and they will continue on a monthly basis until July. For backdated copies of the magazine visit Classic Boat ~ Back Issues or download it here.

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Polly Agatha 45' Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter

Polly Agatha was launched in October 2007, to find out more download the PDFs of the articles below:

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Cockwells Classic power and sail

Find out more about the company and the people behind it, download the PDFs of the articles below:


More to come.

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