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    A motor cruiser making its way along the Devon coastline

    A labour of love: building and designing Thea

    • January 25, 2018

    Tom and Lorraine Owen built their 30ft motor cruiser completely from scratch, working together with phenomenal dedication. Nick Burnham went to meet them

    Rescuing Essex Melody – a classic cruiser purpose built for the East Coast

    • December 14, 2017

    John Rogers describes the heritage and restoration of Essex Melody, a classic, Maldon-built 23-footer which originally took to the water in 1959

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