I am Charlie Hussey and I work as a marine carpenter.  I use wood to build, restore, repair and upgrade boats of all sorts.

Building beautiful wooden boats for people who love boats. Traditional or modern construction, power and sail built exactly the way you want. Repairs and restorations carried out to the highest standards.

Specialists in Modern & Traditional Rigging

• Rig Surveys & Maintenance Programmes
• Bespoke Deadeyes, Blocks, Solid Bronze Thimbles & Leatherwork
• Suppliers of All Wire, Rope & Fittings.
• Wire Splices, Talurits & Roller Swaging.

Based in Bristol’s Underfall Yard, Traditional Rigging is built on a lifetime of experience ranging from small sailing boats to the worlds most treasured Tall Ships.

Get in touch to discuss your boatbuilding needs from specific parts to full rig design and installation.

Copywriting for websites, brochures, press releases, case studies and much more. Also skilled in public relations, marketing and event management.

We are based in the historic Underfall Yard (main picture) in Bristol Docks. Underfall Yard was restored from a derelict state into a thriving boatyard of separate small companies around a Trust operated Slipway.

Specialist Blacksmiths and restorers of historic ironwork including Cast Iron, Wrought Iron and Bronze.

Chat Noir Productions is a one-stop video production company. Design creativity is in our DNA. We are flexible and adaptable. The creative flourishes most companies will charge you the earth for, come as standard. Shooting exclusively on broadcast quality HD, Chat Noir provides Creative Video Solutions for companies and organisations around the UK.

Rachel Mulhearn Associates is an independent consultancy providing services in heritage and culture research and development. With extensive experience working in the maritime heritage/museum sector, I provide a range of services to support projects:

- project planning & development
- funding bid co-ordination and development (with specific expertise in National Lottery heritage Fund applications)
- interpretation planning
- collections research, review & development

BESTT’s mission is to provide skilled training to give heritage steam a working future.

BESTT is a partnership of steam heritage organisations representing railways, ships and traction engines and is developing a range of training courses on boiler repair (based on demand), maintenance and the mechanical overhaul of steam engines – on rails, land or water.

Ian Friel is a maritime historian with an international reputation. He has worked at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and the Mary Rose Trust, and ran local museums at Littlehampton and Chichester in West Sussex. He is familiar with the sources for British maritime history from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Ian has worked extensively with maritime archaeologists and is an Expert Advisor for Historic England.