Entrance to Cowes Maritime Museum is free of charge.
From ship building to sailing Cowes Maritime Museum introduces the town’s important history. On display are model boats, photographs and artefacts.

Cowes Maritime Museum also has a large archive of photographs and plans. The archive is held off site and is available to researchers by appointment.


The museum has a small exhibition area that currently displays model boats from the Maritime Collection.

Entrance to Cowes Maritime Museum is free of charge.
 

Provision of the following services:
- wooden boat maintenance
- repair
- restoration
- oar and spar making
- and the building of new wooden boats using traditional boat building methods.

The business is able to provide a travelling workshop facility enabling me to come to your boat and work onsite. Although the office address is listed under the Thames Estuary region I do travel and am able to provide onsite services in most regions of the UK.

Malcolm Brown (Industrial Archaeologist, Boat & Ship Conservation Specialist) 
HLF Appointed Consultant - Maritime, Industry & Transport
JP, MA Ind.Archaeology, AssocRINA, PG Cert (MA SEN), Associate ICON

Established by Ernest Rudd in 1890 as an engraver and based in the heart of the United Kingdom’s industrial area of Birmingham, we are proud of our 130+ years of manufacturing heritage.

We are a specialised printers, able to print on a variety of metals and plastics. Nameplates for the industrial sector are our speciality. From nameplates, labels, and signs to pump clips and bespoke brewery branding Rudd Macnamara has you covered for printed components.

Yacht Design, Naval Architecture and consultancy services by a well-qualified Naval Architect and Chartered Engineer with over 40 years of experience in classic boats.

Services include: Design work for modification, conversion, strengthening and updating. Advice. Also taking-off lines, 3D computer modelling of hulls, stability assessment including MCA coding for passenger carrying and charter work.

Chandlers for classic and modern craft. Stocking copper fastners, red and white lead, Varnol and all things for traditional craft.

We are specialist Dutch Barge builders with a full team of electrical and mechanical engineers, who can undertake all aspects of metal fabrication, restoration and repair, from steel hull to sheet metal including aluminium, stainless, bronze, brass and copper. We can also do tube bending and lightweight tubular construction.

Thorough-going and enduring yacht restoration has been my hallmark for 28 years, including fine examples of designs by Albert Strange, Arthur Payne and William Fife. I undertake the management of such projects, as well as replica and new building in wood, from dinghies to ocean-going craft.

Location and team size can be tailored to suit the particular project, with workshops at Tollesbury.
 

Self employed shipwright specialisng in traditional craft -Thames Barges, East Coast Smacks and wooden yachts. Working from Cooks Yard, Maldon.

We cover all aspects of traditional wooden boat construction and repair, with particular emphasis on 'traditional'.