Wooden Drascombe Builder

McNulty Boats

Quote from Stewart Brown:-

"McNulty Boats, based in Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, took over the licence to build Drascombes in late 1997, displaying their first Drascombes at Earls Court in January 1998. McNulty's background was in building traditional clinker boats as a side-line from heavy marine engineering. These were derived from the small boats working on the Tyne as tenders to the shipping, known as foy boats. When Stewart Brown joined them in January 2000 (while still running Churchouse Boats in parallel), he took on two commissions to build Drascombes in wood:

The Caboteur was built for Jean-Louis Grenier with final fitting out being done at CBL's yard in Hampshire.

A Lugger for Hans Manschott in Holland.

Stewart also persuaded them to start work on a larger Drascombe & they built the hull in wood epoxy of what has become the prototype Drascombe Drifter 22 by Churchouse Boats.

McNulty closed down in August 2002 & were taken over by Churchouse Boats."

Last updated: 28 August, 2006

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