This page gives you access to various articles written about Drascombing (new verb: to Drascombe?).

Many of these articles have been published before, notably in the Drascombe Association News (DAN), but hopefully this should give them a wider audience. And the pictures are all in colour! (not always the case in the DAN). Please see this advice before submitting material for the website.
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	DAN 93 Page 29 - Alastair Duthie DAN 93 Alastair Duthie
	Trizonia's journey to Trizonia - Gijs van Kemenade One of the Dutch Drascombers takes his lugger and family to Greece.
	Zeeland Cruise - by Jim Hopwood Jim Hopwood describes his trip to join the NKDE Summer 2008 meeting in the Grevelingenmeer
	Know your Drascombe Lugger - by John Watkinson The original guide to the Lugger, by the man who designed her. This is quite a large file (1.9MB) and may be slow to download
	What to look for when purchasing a second hand Drascombe - by Tim Pettigrew You can view this version on screen - see below for PDF version
	What to look for when purchasing a second hand Drascombe - by Tim Pettigrew Downloadable PDF version - 2.57 Megabytes
	Drascombe Racing Handicaps - Portsmouth Yardsticks - by Bob Jack
	Findhorn Rally 14th/15th July 2007 - Report by Ian Hanson
	Sailing alone in the Mediterranean - by Jean François Roguet
	Tyboat's voyage - by Jack O'Keeffe (links to another website) Tyboat's voyage from Ireland to the Largs and Strangford Lough Grand Fleet Days
	Summer 2007 Letter - from Rocco Boccadamo in Italy
	The easy way to prepare pictures for the Rally Gallery - by Douglas Hopwood
	Arctic Drifter's 2007 Cruise Photos - by Bob & Yvonne Menneer
	Largs Grand Fleet Day Details - by Graham Russell
	AGM 2007 and Presentation to Luke Churchouse
	Calshot Grand Fleet Day Details - by Peter Tiplady
	French Rules OK - by Terry Hinks
	Spar Catcher for a Standing Lug - by Jerry Barnett
	Servicing four stroke outboards - by Douglas Hopwood
	Summer 2006 Letter - from Rocco Boccadamo in Italy
	A Wooden Lugger in Western Australia - by Geoff Howard
	Arctic Drifter's 2006 Cruise Photos - by Bob & Yvonne Menneer
	Drascombe Coaster in the Gulf - by Mike Hancock
	Coaster Hatch Revision Pictures - by Alex Kehayes
	A Junk-rigged Scaffie - by Steve Ellis
	The Wooden Lugger "Elliott" - by Douglas Elliott
	Pushing the envelope - by Tom Colville
	Careening a Coaster photos - by Ian Lythgoe
	Drascombe Gallery 2005 - - Results and Entrants
	Improving Dabber Buoyancy - by Trevor Harvey
	September 2005 Letter - from Rocco Boccadamo in Italy
	The Drifter 22 - by Churchouse Boats
	Launching the Dorestad Raid in the Netherlands - by Hans Vandersmissen and others
	Drascombes in California - by Conrad Seales
	Replacing Drascombe cabin windows - by Steve Sclemmer
	Baltimore Rally 2004 Report - by Claus Riepe
	Drascombe Dabber Modifications - by Steve Shone
	De Papagaai stok versus de Koninklijke Marine - by Tom Colville
	Dabber Camping Ideas - by Richard Dykes
	A Passage Planning Check List by Steve Schlemmer - (Corrected Dec 04)
	Drifter - “Tanera Mor” - by Alastair Duthie
	Drifter Photos - by Alan Coy and his neighbour, George Llewellin
	Baltic Cruise Photo Album - by Douglas Hopwood
	Report and Photos - Rocco Boccadomo Report and Photos from Rocco Boccadamo - September 2004
	Around the Cauldron's Edge - by Tom Colville ... A Skye cruise
	Little things that make a Dabber different - by Julian Swindell
	South Coast Cruise - by Steve Maynard
	Derbyshire Sailing Endavour and Carsington Sailability - by Derek Lee
	Specifications for DAN Articles - by Tim Frampton
	A slide show of photographs of Findhorn Rallies in Earlier Years - by Trevor Harvey
	Thames Cruise 2003 - Douglas Hopwood
	Report and Photos from Rocco Boccadamo - August 2003
	Arctic Drifter 2003 Diary
	Seahorse at Brownsea Island, Poole - Photo by Julian Swindell
	David on Saltholm - photo - by Jens Moth
	A Seagull's Lesson (in Grado, Italy) by Rocco Boccadamo
	To circumnavigate Scilly - by Sam Llewellyn
	Transports of Delight - by Peter Tiplady (First published in Sailing Today)
	Arctic Drifter Photos - by Bob and Yvonne Menneer
	What is a HIN (Hull Identification Number)? - by Stewart Brown
	Scaffie Photos - by Alastair Duthie
	Photos of Poole Cruise and Rally 2002
	Photos of Rocco Boccadamo and his Cruiser Longboat "MY THREE CATS"
	Arctic Drifter 2001 - Progress Report 16/08/01
	Arctic Drifter 2001 - Progress Report 15/08/01
	Arctic Drifter 2001 - Progress Report 12/08/01
	Arctic Drifter heads North 2000
	Raggio Verde in Corsica
	2000 Poole Rally - Photo Gallery
	Sailing for the Lowlands Low - or Hippo in Nederland
	May 2000 Rally Photos
	Small is beautiful: Alastair Duthie on the Drascombe Scaffie
	Sam Llewellyn in the Hebrides
	A Dutch Drascombe Cruise in Denmark
	The Great Scottish Drascombe Cruise
	Peter Tiplady's writeup of the Grand Fleet Day in July 1997
	SOLENT CRUISE REPORT - 2nd to 4th May 1998
	A Dabber in the Hebrides - Photo Gallery
	Drascombe Sailing Tips - by Jim Hopwood