Register of Wooden Boats

Built 1938 in Hamble, Southampton, England by A.R. Luke Brothers, Clover was seconded to the Royal Navy in 1939 and fitted with ASDIC (named after the Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee), later known as sonar, which is still aboard her. At the time it was a new secret device invented for locating submerged submarines by using sound waves. After the war her original owner, Eric Thompson, RNR, sailed her through the 1950', when she was purchased by an English family that took her to Jamaica to live aboard. She then passed through several hands and operated as a charter boat and a pleasure craft, but by the 2000’s fell into disrepair. Heading for the breaker's yard, she was acquired by WBFV in 2016 with the purpose of restoring her for service with veterans.

This is my prototype wooden boat built from 2012 to June 2019, with length 5m, width 2m, weight 1 ton, 75 hp, boarding capacity is 7.

CUTTLEFISH is one of 16 Viking 23s made in Betina, Croatia in the early 60’s. There are only 3 left of the original 16 boats. One is mine, one is in Connecticut, and was displayed at the wooden boat show in Mystic several years ago.