Articles

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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PDF Icon 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
PDF Icon 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 from Ireland to the Largs and Strangford Lough Grand Fleet Days by Jack O'Keeffe (links to another website)
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 - Updated Mar 07
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
PDF Icon 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
Miscellaneous Photos from 2004 Rallies by Jim Hopwood
Drascombe Dabber Modifications by Steve Shone
De Papagaai stok versus de Koninklijke Marine by Tom Colville
Dabber Camping Ideas by Richard Dykes
PDF Icon 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 from Rocco Boccadamo - September 2004
Around the Cauldron's Edge ... A Skye cruise by Tom Colville
A selection of 2003 photos by Richard Dykes
PDF Icon Little things that make a Dabber different by Julian Swindell
South Coast Cruise by Steve Maynard
Drascombe Charities by Bob Jack
Derbyshire Sailing Endavour and Carsington Sailability by Derek Lee
A selection of photos from the 2004 Photo Gallery at the AGM
Specifications for DAN Articles by Tim Frampton
A slide show of photographs of Findhorn Rallies in Earlier Years by Trevor Harvey

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

PDF Icon What to look for when purchasing a second hand Drascombe by Tim Pettigrew
Downloadable PDF version - 2.57 Megabytes
2003 Rallies Photo Gallery
Douglas Hopwood's Thames Cruise 2003
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
2002 Photo Competition winners
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
2000 Photo Competition winners
Raggio Verde in Corsica
2000 Poole Rally - Photo Gallery
Sailing for the Lowlands Low - or Hippo in Nederland
May 2000 Rally Photos
1999 Photo Competition
Small is beautiful: Alastair Duthie on the Drascombe Scaffie
Sam Llewellyn in the Hebrides
1998 Photo Competition
A Dutch Drascombe Cruise in Denmark
The Great Scottish Drascombe Cruise
Peter Tiplady's writeup of the Grand Fleet Day in July 1997
The 1997 photo competition winners
SOLENT CRUISE REPORT - 2nd to 4th May 1998
Rally Photo Gallery
A Dabber in the Hebrides - Photo Gallery
Further reading about Drascombes
Drascombe Sailing Tips by Jim Hopwood