Welcome to our Vessels Page.

Here you can read up on all the details of all of our exploration fleet and enjoy pictures and videos of us aboard them.

We have a total of three vessels. All are made of different materials, from different decades, and for different purposes.

Stray is an unusual craft. She is from an era when ferrocement boats were all the rage. Yes! She is made from cement!!!!

Built in 1986 by Jay Benford, she was kitted out as a blue-water sailer and she carries a Bermudan Cutter Rig. This means that she has one mast with a triangular mainsail, and two foresails.

At 36 years-old, she is the second oldest of our fleet.

We have spent a whole year refitting her inside and out, at a rough cost of around £5,000. She is about ready to return to the oceans as "The Land Rover of the Seas".

Cpn Kelly has lived aboard her for four years at anchor or on a mooring in Falmouth, Cornwall.

Bought in 2020 from her original owner in Flushing, she was ready for a complete clean-up after 62 years. She had been very well looked after, and never stored outside. Her trailer was rusted through and her sails were rotten.

Cpn Kelly spent a whole winter and over £1,000 to return her to her original glory. Sporting all-but-new sails, she is now a very proud dinghy, actually racing in the 2020 Falmouth Classics.

She was built in 1960 by the Tees Boat and Yacht Company, Stockton and the model is called the Caricraft. It may well be the very first composite boat on record. Despite years of searching, it would appear that she is the last one left in the world!

In 1950s it seems to have retailed at a tidy sum of £34 6s. Fibreglass was in its infancy at this time, and little was known of its strength and durability.

Designed to be light enough to put on the roof of your car. The roof rack could be purchased for an additional £4 15s. She has a very shallow draught with a lifting dagger board in the sailing version. This makes her ideal for exploring up narrow creeks and rivers, as well as around the coast. Because she is so light, she can be easily rowed when the wind fails, so there is no need to take a motor.

With her Gunter Rig, main, foresail and spinnaker, she is a nimble and fun boat to sail. But you have to be careful, as she has no natural buoyancy if you capsize!

Our latest vessel to join the fleet is a brand new 2-man inflatable dinghy.

Designed to be the lightest of things, she is perfect for nipping to the marina or for landing on rocky shores.

Her nimbleness is her strength, as well as her 4 air chambers. But, she is not for rough water nor strong wind, and seats just one!