(3) Honnor Marines prominent stand meant that as the visiting crowds came over the bridge to the show all the boats were well displayed for all to see.

(4) The most popular hull colours for the Dabber and Scaffie are white with the cream deck as standard.

(5) Our in house joinery shop laminate the wooden Scaffie and Dabber Rudders to a very high spec.

(6) All the galvanised trailers are manufactured in house each trailer designed for each boat to ensure easy towing launching and retrieving.

(7) All our boat sails are 7oz terylene and come with a 5 year warranty.

(8) The quality bronze fittings on the boats are standard.

(9) We were delighted to see the David Freeman C.Eng F.R.I.N.A from Freeward Marine Ltd Naval Architects on our stand who was delighted with our Scaffie and said that he had always had a keen interest in her as he loved her design and sail performance.

(10) The weather this year was very kind and therefore brought in plenty of visitors and customers.

(11) Plenty of interest was shown in our own laminated tillers and our bronze horse which once again are standard fixtures.

(11a) Bronze Fittings.

(12) Bob and Norma are always delighted to meet customers old and new and they are always willing to talk to potential customers about our sales service and after care treatment. Always supported at The Southampton Boat Show by Barry Treacher owner of Devon Lugger" Honey B" who came from Co Donegal 

(12a) Gary Mitten who ordered two Gigs in 2003 for his sailing school in Belfast always pays us a visit.

(13) It was lovely to meet for the first time Peter and Pat Skeels who came to buy a Devon Lugger and we discovered only lived 20 minutes away from the boatyard in Sandbach Cheshire.

(14) Lovely to meet Paul Bewey who travelled from Jersey to discuss his final details on the Lugger he had ordered with the Burgundy Topland.

(15) Jean and Paul from Hampshire were delighted at the quality build of the Devon Lugger and said she would be fine to sail on the Hamble.

(16) Honnor Marine make it their policy to have all the boats that are taken to the Southampton Boat Show available and on day two Jan and Peter Walsh bought the Lugger at the show with the Oxford Blue Topland / Cream Deck.

As they lived in Oxford we were able to deliver their boat "MOLLY" after the show was over meeting them off the A34 at the services. 

(17) Our Show Scaffie also went to Oxford after the show thanks to William and Suzie Gascoigne who said the Scaffie " will be ideal for their holiday home in France".

(18) It is always a pleasure to see and meet up with good friends and Dabber owners Shirley and Gordon Cousins from Poole Dorset.

(19) One of the Lugger show orders was delivered Sunday 8th October to Michael and Barina Read from Andover Hampshire; They chose the Oxford Blue Topland with the white Hull and Cream Deck; They named their boat EMMA and will sail on the Hamble. Bob and I wish them many happy sailing hours.

(20) We were delighted to meet once again Barry Groves and his work colleague Stephanie; Barry is based in the Isle of White and helps to organise a lot of boat shows at home and abroad. Barry works for the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce ;Should you be interested in the forthcoming events that Barry organises, I am sure that he will be only too pleased to let you have the information e.g the Dubai Boat Show in March 2007.

(21) What a pleasure to meet up with Alan Woolford again; Alan who owned a Devon Dabber for many years is also very much involved with the Queen Mary SAILABILITY.

(21a) Sailability who are based in Essex own two Original Devon Luggers which HRH Princess Anne presented to the sailing school at the London Boat Show 2005 & 2006.

Because of the safety aspect of the buoyancy in the boat they are ideal to use for training disabled people.

The school adapt the rudder to a wheel and have a special chair to enable them to hoist people into the boat.

(22) Our special and most grateful thanks must go to Richard Walker; Richard and his family bought The Southampton Boat Show Lugger 2004" Rhapsody".

We were delighted to see him with his family this year at the show as we needed some help.

We had sold the Scaffie and Lugger to families living in Oxford and we needed a local driver to help us tow them once the show had finished.

Richard and family live locally at Chandlers Ford and he was only too willing to offer to tow a boat to Oxford for us. MANY THANKS. 

(25) The weather was extremely kind to us which we thought helped bring so many visitors to the show. Bob and I had a really good show, selling all the boats on our stand as well as taking three CapeCutter19 orders plus 5 deposits on our Devon Lugger, two Dabber orders one for Spain and two Scaffie orders.

We are in front with our production on our Devon Range of boats,so customers will not have a long wait.