Fête du Flobart
CLIVE MARSH discovered small boats whilst working for Canadian Pacific Steamships and is a past Commodore of the Merchant Navy Association Boat Club. In this series he shares tales from his 50 years of boat ownership.
There is something reassuring about Sussex beach boats with their lute or counter sterns and also their French sisters, the Flobarts of Normandy.
They look just right and if you’ve ever had the opportunity to go to sea in one you’ll know how well they handle the conditions of the English Channel, or la Manche as the French call it. In France their
