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Anthony Huggett:
It's very quiet on here! When I started building Emily this forum was buzzing. Have Swallowboats more or less discontinued the kits?

Anyhow, I hope this finds you well. Emily will be finished this year (after 2 redundancies and a house move) and we'll probably make it to Rutland a few times as well as Mylor.

Michael Rogers:
Look forward to meeting Emily - and you plus crew! - in due course. It's a terrific buzz when you launch at last , the boat you have built yourself.

I think your post sums up the situation these days - Swallowboats have indeed 'more or less discontinued the kits'. I'm open to correction, but a perusal of the snazzy new website didn't reveal any mention of kits (except possibly in a historical context?). If someone really really wanted one, I dare say Matt would supply, but otherwise.........So, as you've indicated, Anthony, this part of the forum will quietly fade away. Are there any other builds still in progress, I wonder?

As a twice over kit builder (a Storm Petrel and a Trouper 12 - any other two-timers??), I find it melancholy, but things move on. We discussed this apropos the new website, including some Latin which I won't go back to. Jordan Boats do kits of all sorts of designs, and I've wondered whether some Swallowboats kits might continue in that way. I feel particularly strongly about the Trouper because it is such a superb design.

Michael    Trouper 12 'Cavatina'.

steve jones:
   Good luck with the launch!

There was a rumour ,last year, that Swallow boats had stopped kit supplies, pity.

When do you plan to go to Mylor? I sail every year from St. Just and Roseland, sleeping on board gives an extra dimension. There is another BR17 at St. Just', (GRP).

I also sail from Plymouth , both are excellent venues for all sorts of sailing.

Pic. of Falmouth -Helford

Steve Jones

BR17  Nona  Me

Jonathan Stuart:
Yes, I understand that SwallowBoats has stopped the kits. Laura contacted me a while back and asked me to change the description of SwallowBoats on this website to remove the bit about them making kits.

Tony:
I know a couple of people who might be interested in a BR 17 kit but wouldn't want the boat ready made as a relatively expensive custom build from Swallow Boats.
Perhaps Matt could be persuaded that plans and kits could be made available through a third party, ...but I imagine working up paper plans from the computer files might be time consuming ....and he has to turn a profit!
It would be a great pity if such great boats as the Storm 15, 17 and 19, not to mention the CBL, Trouper, and BR 17 should be totally unavailable simply because the demand is so limited that they are not a commercial proposition.

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