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OLD BOATS, NEW IDEAS

It’s been a real creative tour de force”, reveals Dan Lee I turned my passion for wood and electronic design into a business using the internet to enable me to undertake research into the latest methods and materials for restoring wooden boats and investigating boat design. who operates the Dan Lee Boatyard located at Springfield Farm business park in Perrott’s Brook, Cirencester.

Dan’s love for boats began with small fishing craft and canoes when, as a youngster, he would holiday on the River Stour where he’d meander up to

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