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Burnham Overy Staithe and Windsong on the cover of Wooden Boat Magazine in the USA. Nov/Dec issue 2024... quite something.

If you are interested in building a Windsongs, either for yourself or commercially please email Harry or John. We have build plans which...

Right from the start the name 'Windsong' was established as front and centre.. Even when John Owles showed me the first design concept...

Our original mast was Sitka Spruce with a carbon core, as was the yard. The boom being made just of Sitka on account of its internal...

Herself (sail no.1) has a few qualities that the later boats do not have. One of them is the she has rowlock sockets so she can be rowed....

So we now have 6 on the water. It's difficult to get everyone sailing at the same time even though all boats are kept in the same boat...

Out today and managed to get 13.2 knots out of Herself (Sail no.1). John had originally pinned the highest speed of a 11.5 back last...

No.1 known locally as 'Herself' was built by Maxine Owles in the Boathouse at Burnham Overy Staithe. Here are some pictures.

Recently in May we took Herself to the Three Rivers Race on the Broads in Norfolk; a network of old inland waterways. This little film...