john10

Hello Lunamoon Terry worked in Willowbridge yard in the 80's & 90's as a general engineer working on anything that came along.From memory he built around 3 or 4 boats a year some for order and some on spec ,not much work on build a boat !. He could turn his hand to any job and was font of imformation on many subjects. His health was not the the best a combination of welding and smoking I think he retired on these grounds in the mid 90"s .Willowbridge was a great yard to keep a boat in at this time Terry worked at one end and Aidie Brindle & Sid at the other with a auto

Hello Ed The photos of the dredger have the look of a a Harris built hull, lapped joints and plates less than 6 ft that needed bending i have many photos of harris hulls and this one looks promising to me .Redcaps knees have harts hill stamped on them see if you can find this on your hull maybe useful also chiselled cuts to the plates and rivets on top of rivets are good clues .Hope this helps in your search.Pity the pointy end is missing Best of luck Redcap John

Hello Everybody. REDCAP is now back in the water, complete with its DIY stainless steel cabin (stainless steel purchased from local scrap yard for the princely sum of £20 a sheet!). The stainless steel is 2mm thick. This was a massive job but it's now done and I'm very pleased with the result. I am pleased to read Anthony's post. When Anthony bought the OXFORD 1/2 hull, I gave him all the information I had. I'm glad he's passed it on to Pete Downing, who has come to the same conclusion as me regarding our boats after reading documents at Warwick Public Records Office. I first came

Hello everybody Redcap is indeed back in the water after a re cabin

The boat in the opening scene is Redcap when in the ownership of Colonel Richie Redcap John