The Unified Corribee Website

Replacement Corribee Tillers

scorribee — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:05:24 +0000

Some time ago I promised to prepare the tooling and jigs for a small run of replacement Corribee tillers. At last this has happened and I have produced the first batch of six (using some beautifully figured solid teak), which are now available* (see HERE).

A further batch is planned for next week – this time laminated in mahogany and spruce (some people like the stripey look). I hope to keep a small number in stock, just in case an urgent replacement is needed, but will also be able to make to order in case your choice of timber is not available off the shelf (turn-round time is usually less than a week).

*Update = 3 sold, so only 3 available from stock at present. Next batch should be ready by 14th Jan.

Roger Taylor’s 2011 voyage

scorribee — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:13:39 +0000

Yet another epic voyage to Northern waters, this time well into the Arctic and reaching a point north-west of Spitzbergen. If my map reading is correct it is approximately as shown by the green arrow on the Google Maps screenshot below:

Roger has kindly submitted an account of his travels which is reproduced here, and you can find more information on his own site www.thesimplesailor.com/

New articles this week

ja — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:23:57 +0000

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We have updates on the Boat Register, Chain-hawse, Mast, Roger Taylor / Mingming and Spray hood pages. Would you like to contribute an article? Check out our new article wish list.

For sale and wanted

scorribee — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:10:22 +0000

There is a healthy market for Corribees and Coromandels, and we get a number of advertisement requests each month from both buyers and sellers. Check the For Sale and Wanted page for our current ads – which currently includes a very tidy-looking bilge keeler in Stoke Gabriel (South Devon), and Tonga, a late mk2 fin-keeler ready for the season. Also well worth a look is Otter, a mk 2 and one of the few fitted with a Yanmar inboard diesel engine. Spares and fittings are always needed by restorers so if you have any un-needed parts available that others could use (especially spars, rigging and furling gear) an advertisement will get them to someone who can make good use of them.

We don’t have a formal payment system for the advertising page – all we ask is that it is boat-related and that you consider making a small donation to the site to help us cover our web hosting costs. Send an email to corribeeeditors@googlemail.com with the desired text and attach any photos you want to display. We recommend setting up a temporary email address (with, for example, Yahoo or Google) if you wish to avoid your main address becoming a spam target.

New reading material

ja — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:57:44 +0000

New Corribee related magazine articles and books added to the Pictures / Books / Articles / Videos section plus a description of the pros and cons of various on board sanitation options and updates to the boat register.

Mingming and the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing

scorribee — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:11:00 +0000

In his latest book, Roger recounts the three voyages he has made with Mingming during 2007, 2008 and 2009. More than a mere description of long-distance voyages though, the book is packed with passages that give an insight into the preparation and planning needed for such an extraordinary undertaking, from poring over charts to selecting a suitable drogue. A worthy successor to his first book, this really must deserve a place in everyone’s library.

Available from Rogers web site – thesimplesailor.com or from Amazon here

Roger Taylors latest voyage

ja — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:18:42 +0000

Read all about Roger Taylors latest voyage covering more than 4000 miles in his Junk rigged Corribee here. You can preorder Rogers latest book about his amazing voyages from Amazon here – it should also be available digitally on the Kindle shortly.

Jellyfish Adventures

ja — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:05:32 +0000

Becky and Mary successfully completed their circumnavigation in 68 days, arriving back at their home port at Tollesbury on August 19th. They have raised around £7000 for the FACT bursuray fund, a magnificent achievement. You can catch up on all the latest news at jellyfishadventures.blogspot.com. Congratulations from the Corribee Website.

Korrigan

scorribee — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:08:30 +0000

Henry has recently contacted us to let us know of the extensive restoration of his clinker built Corribee – obviously one of the first few ever built. He has compiled an interesting blog in French - http://korrigan.heoblog.com Well worth a read (you may need some help with translation from Google) which details the work he has carried out since rescuing this attractive boat – it was due to for the bonfire!

Duckboards!

ja — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:20:52 +0000

Soggy feet? No more – Alan Mckeand has written a great article about his DIY duckboards. Would you like to contribute an article? Check out our new article wish list or email corribeeeditors@googlemail.com direct