Why have your Drascombe™ or Devon boat refurbished by Honnor Marine?

We pride our selves with the ability to refurbish these beautiful craft, many of which are still offering stirling service after 40 years of use.

However, these craft live in a very harsh environment and as such may require occasional refurbishment to bring them up to current standards of buoyancy and fittings available with the modern craft.

We are a family firm and as such offer a pleasant and friendly experience in discussing your refurbishment project. These can be minor, from repairing gelcoat damage or revarnishing, to major refurbishment of Gigs.

We are UNIQUE in our offering of a full refurbishment service for these craft for the following reasons:

1 We have all the moulds for ALL the pre 1998 boats, including hatch covers etc

2 We manufacture all major parts in house. These include fibre glass items, and ALL wooden parts, including gunwhale cappings, tillers mast thwarts etc.

Having DEDICATED lamination facilities enables us to offer the best possible repairs for your cherished boat. NO OTHER Drascombe™ or Devon boat refurbishment facility can offer this service. we DO NOT subcontract any laminating or gelcoat repairs. We feel we can only maintain consistent quality in this area by doing this.

With us having these DEDICATED facilities we have the in house knowledge to match gelcoat repairs. This is a specialised area and as such is very special to us. We have all the colour specifications for boats going back to the early 1970's. Our repairs/refurbishment in this area is second to none.

Our expertise in repairs is recognised through the Drascombe™ Boat Insurance scheme.

3 We can offer a range of accessories unique to us, these include trailers specifically designed for each boat in the range, again manufactured from British Steel in our own facility using the best possible materials. NO OTHER Drascombe™ or Devon boat refurbishment facility can offer such trailers.

We also offer upgrades specifically designed by us through recommendations by our customers, many gained through practical experience in the handling of these craft "in the field"

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Prior to the Recreational Craft Directive (1998), which enabled the introduction of rules and testing procedures with regards to minimal buoyancy very few designs were tested for buoyancy i.e how they would float and be recovered in the event of a swamping.

After this date we modified all of the buoyancy of our range of boats to conform to the new RCD standards. This enabled us to gain CE ratings (Category C) for all of our Devon range boats.

Our Lugger has a higher CE load rating than the Lugger produced by the current licensee manufacturer of Drascombe™ boats. i.e it has a greater load capacity. We have achieved this through design improvements. Our lugger has a rating for 7 adults at a weight of 75Kg each, which is 525Kg.

As a result should your pre 1998 Drascombe™ boat, manufactured by Honnor Marine (UK) Ltd (no relation to Honnor Marine Ltd) swamp the buoyancy may well not enable the boat to be bailed out and recovered, or support the crew, due to the fact it would lye too low in the water.

Water usually flows through the centre board case or outboard well making bailing out impossible. The photographs opposite show this to be the case with a pre 1996 Gig which we are currently modifying. This could be very dangerous, especially with a young or in experienced crew as they could be exposed to hypothermia through exposure.

Swamping of these boats is comparatively rare. Most often this is caused by the mainsheet being clipped in and being hit by a squall when not underway.

But DO NOT WORRY!

Honnor Marine can offer an upgrade service whereby we upgrade the buoyancy of your Drascombe™ Boat to that installed in our new Devon range.

This service is provided at a very competitive rate and may be incorporated into a more comprehensive refurbishment.

This upgrade could SAVE THE LIFE of YOU AND YOUR CREW. Can you afford NOT to upgrade your buoyancy?