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26/05/2026

Progress on the schooner – here's a recap and update on the traditi...

03/03/2026

Cornwall-based traditional boatbuilder Ben Harris has been building a schooner off John Alden's MALABAR IV design for just over a year. The project is offered for sale, more details can be found in the specification PDF here: https://bit.ly/3XfvKnS

A series of videos of the build from lofting to planking can be watched here on CYTV's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbpg0kknDEyV3GDh1A7402rNSwX-99ilZ

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Ben Harris Boats: https://www.benharrisboats.co.uk/malabar-iv-schooner/

20/02/2026

Lessons on seamanship: watch Sir Robin Knox-Johnston relive his solo circumnavigation the 1968-69 Golden Globe Race via the link in bio.

14/12/2025

14/12/2025

EP09 - Building the schooner MALABAR IV is now on YouTube.

Ben explains why the floors taper off with variations of length… this also ties in with him positioning laminated floors and frames in certain areas of the hull.

For a better view of the frames in situ, see the video on YT.




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22/03/2025

Time to go 'stowboating':

No ordinary fishing: Paul Winter, owner of the traditional Essex sailing smack MARIA (CK21), explains 'stowboating', a historical method of fishing in boats ...

05/02/2025

The latest video on Youtube featuring two Ed Burnett gaff cutters sailing with ALVA, a Paul Gartside design, in and around the stunning Carrick Roads, Falmouth (Cornwall).

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In September 2023, traditional boat builder Ben Harris invited the owners of two gaff cutters GALATEIA and PANACEA to sail in company...** Ben Harris offers ...

11/01/2025

Watch traditional boat builder Ben Harris present his lifelong aspiration to build 'MALABAR IV' and have the yacht race-ready for the 2027 Fastnet Race, when he hopes to race neck and neck against TALLY HO!

Contact Ben Harris Boats to volunteer on the build of this American schooner in beautiful Cornwall (UK).

A few weeks ago, in December 2024, traditional boat builder Ben Harris announced his most daring project yet – building a John Alden-designed schooner. Watch...

09/09/2024

'This Woman's Work' was well received at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival (US) yesterday.

Big thanks to two encouraging figures I've (Emily Harris) been pleased to converse with over the last year; Belinda Joslin, founder of 'Women In Boatbuilding', who organised the film screening event on the ground along with Annie Means, who's recently completed Thomas J. Watson fellowship centred on the subject of 'Women of The Blue Economy' which inspired me immensely.

The full-length version is available to watch on Youtube: https://bit.ly/This-Womans-Work

More info on Annie Means: https://bit.ly/3AXuVIy
Women in Boatbuilding: https://bit.ly/47mjaat

Big thanks to British boatbuilder AND sailor Holly -lathamstraditionalboatworks, who's currently working aloft in MARIETTE's rigging - the schooner's first "foretop maid".

A portrait film of UK-based traditional boatbuilder Holly Latham. First screened at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, This Woman's Work explores gende...

08/08/2024

The art of sculling... well executed by those at Sea Salts and Sail earlier on in the summer!

Sea Salts and Sail is a Cornish festival celebrating Mousehole's legacy as a traditional fishing village - thanks for a great time!

Photos: Emily Harris Marine & Yachting Photographer