Cornish Crabbers LLP is a British boat builder based in Rock, Cornwall. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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gaff-rigged

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s and powerboats. It was founded by boat designer Roger Dongray, as well as Peter Keeling and Ken Robertson in 1974. The company is organized as a British

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. In March of 2024 Cornish Crabbers declared insolvency owing £1,000,000 in debts and has been placed into voluntary liquidation.

History

Cornish Shrimper 19 sailboat Starfish 3813

The company was formed as Westerly Boats and later renamed Cornish Crabbers. The first boat was the Cornish Crabber 24 Mark I, initially a wooden boat, later built in

. The

Cornish Shrimper 19 The Cornish Shrimper 19 is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Roger Dongray, inspired by traditional shrimp fishery boat designs and first built in 1979. Production The design has been built by Cornish Crabbers in Wadebridg ...

followed in 1979 and proved to be the company's best selling design. It is the also the best selling

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in Europe. Steve Henkel noted in his 2010 book, ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', "this is a character boat with concomitant grace, and with a good measure of performance and practicality, too. What she lacks in headroom, she makes up in charm. In England, she has cult-boat status." John Leather, writing in ''The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments'' described it as "probably the most successful modern gaffer" (gaff-rigged boat).Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 32.

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, 2010. By 2001 the company had established itself as the leading producer of gaff-rigged boats. In 2021 the company was producing 12 sailboat designs and three powerboats in the ''Clam'' series.

Boats

Summary of boats built by Cornish Crabbers: * Adventure 17 * Adventure 19 * Adventure 21 * Adventure 26 *

Clam 17 Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

Clam 19 Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

Clam 21 Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shel ...

Cornish Crabber 22 Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to: * Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwa ...

Cornish Crabber 24 The Cornish Crabber 24 is a series of British trailerable sailboats, designed by Roger Dongray as cruisers and first built in 1974.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page XX. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2 ...

Cornish Crabber 26 Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to: * Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwa ...

Cornish Shrimper 17 Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to: * Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwa ...

Cornish Shrimper 21 Cornish is the adjective and demonym associated with Cornwall, the most southwesterly part of the United Kingdom. It may refer to: * Cornish language, a Brittonic Southwestern Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Cornwa ...

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1984 * Cornish Crabber Pilot 30 * Cornish Crabber 17 * Crabber 17 * Limpet 10 * Mystery 35 * Mystery 30

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History

Boats

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