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1994 PETER NICHOLLS INSPECTION LAUNCH RETURNS

14/3/2016

In October 2015, Alan and Pauline Cornford bought a 1994 Peter Nicholls inspection launch and brought it down from Shropshire to their home in Braunston.

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THE LATEST HUFFLER 56 MOTOR SAILER

10/2/2016

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January 2015 saw the launch of our new Huffler 56, following on from our Huffler 35 and 40, first introduced in 1993.She is available as a motor or as a ketch rigged motor sailer with 3-tonne lifting keel are currently busy completing the final fit ready for delivery to the new owners. The Huffler 56 will take you inland coastal or seriously offshore with its RCD A categorisation, the highest category available. The design is aimed at clients who want something more than a Dutch Barge in terms of quality, seaworthiness and cruising grounds available.

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TIMOTHY SPALL’S PETER NICHOLLS DUTCH BARGE WAS FEATURED ON BBC 4

10/1/2016

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TIMOTHY SPALL: SOMEWHERE AT SEA.

If you missed the recent BBC4 re-run of Timothy and Shane Spall and their Peter Nicholls Seagoing Dutch Barge then you can still get the book through Amazon. DVD box sets are sometimes found on the web.

The second series showed them back on board their beloved barge, The Princess Matilda as they concluded their trip around the British coast.

Tim takes on Rattray Head in the face of a huge storm. This is the equivalent of Land’s End for Scotland and the point where they head south for the first time. Their Dutch Barge enabled them to visit wonderful Scottish towns – Peterhead, Eyemouth and Stonehaven – but it’s the town of Banff that resonates most.