Welcome to Drascombe Boats. We take great pride in producing a comprehensive range of traditionally styled day and small cruising boats, built with modern materials, offering practical boat ownership at its very best. With 50 years of building examples of our boats with their wooden spars and tan sails, they can be found in many creeks, harbours and lakes around the country and world wide.As we work with a very respectable shipping company, we are able to find, refurbish and arrange to have a Drascombe boat shipped anywhere worldwide. Contact us for more details.

Dabber

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The Dabber is the smallest boat in the Drascombe range. At 4.72 m (15’ 6”) in length,it is small enough to fit in the family garage but is still big on performance.

Lugger

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Where it all began - The Drascombe Lugger, originally designed by John Watkinson in 1965, the Lugger has become synonymous with the Drascombe name.

Longboat

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For those who require more room, the greater length and beam of the Drascombe Longboat provides an even roomier day boat than the timeless Lugger… ideal for exploring the coast, or more energetic sailing

Outboards

A quiet reliable outboard engine is a wonderful addition to your boat. It is not just the convenience of being able to push against the current, or simply to extend your cruiisng range - it add another dinension to the use of your boat. Fishing, picnics and greater accessiblity to creeks and rivers where sailing may not be an option. Even the smallest of the Drascombe range, the Dabber will benefit.

Rigging, Sails & Spars

Like all fittings on your Drascombe, we like to ensure that only the best is supplied by ourselves, stainless steel rigging is supplied for the shrouds, while sitka spruce spars are made in the UK. Our sail maker has been supplying us for many years, all to ensure that our customers only receive the best products available, at competitive prices.

Parrel Beads

The parrel bead is sometimes referred to as a parral bead or even a parallel bead, but they all describe a set of beads threaded onto a rope used to allow a sail or yard to be attached to a mast & slide up & down.

Drascombe Lugger 071 Year 2010

£13,750

​Drascombe Lugger Year 2010, white hull with grey deck, a lovely Lugger ready for its new home.

Drascombe Lugger 1851 Year 1996

£5,500

Drascombe Lugger with white hull and brown topland with cream decks

Drascombe Dipper - The Wooden Dabber

£2,750

A Norman Whyte built wooden Drascombe Dipper, believed to be one of two only built by Norman Whyte.

Genuine Drascombe Joinery

As the sole licensee to use the Drascombe Trademark, we have not and nor will we give the rights to another company. This includes building boats too supplying any joinery, the joinery supplied by ourselves of the same design, and we have no reason to change it.

Southampton Boat Show 2024

Drascombe Boats will be back again at Southampton Boat Show exhibiting some of their range of Drascombe Boats.Friday 13th to Sunday 22nd September 2024