Boatbuilding

Auk
Built in 2013-2014 by David Hewitt and Tom Gathercole crab boat Auk was launched at Morston in October 2014.

Knot
Built in 1938 by the Emerys of Sheringham for Gerald Bullard, of the Norwich Brewery family, Knot is a whelker based at Morston.

David Hewitt's boatyard
Shipwright and boatbuilder David Hewitt works from his boatyard in Stiffkey, Norfolk and specialises in wooden working boats.


Lucy Lavers
For more photos of the restoration work on Lucy Lavers click here.

Maycraft
Rescue Wooden Boats visited Maycraft, a family run boatyard started by boatbuilder Billy May.

Billy May
A boatbuilder from Potter Heigham, Billy May built Nigella in 1959 and went on build many more.

Robert Lindsay
The twin-screw RNLI Liverpool class lifeboat Robert Lindsay was constructed in 1950, by Groves and Guttridge, at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Her restoration was undertaken by George Hewitt.