You may wonder why I wanted to build a boat in the first place when there are simply hundreds of vessels both new and used out there in the marketplace. But, for me this was more than just about getting a boat to go sailing.
My father was a keen boatman and owned a small sailing yacht while he was posted with the Royal Air Force in Egypt during World War II.
When my brother and I were young, his influence resulted in us always messing about in boats which, in my later teenage years, inspired me to begin building a wooden rowing boat, and of course Dad got involved.
Unfinished business
We found a design in a book borrowed from the local
