boat designer: H.C. Smith

[globalkoster]

Does anybody know some more info about this designer? So far I know he designed quite a few boats including the Orwell Corinthian One Design fixed keel boats. So there must be a museum or so who collected his drawings or something like that. Any ideas?

greetings,

Roland

 

[Casey]

Was he anything to do with the Chandler and Smith yard at Great Wakering, Essex?

 

[Forbsie]

Ex of Burnham Yacht Building Company - designed the following:-

Alethea
Benmore
Betty II
Conabor
Cork
Corncrake
Corvette
Goldcrest
Kitalan
Lisbeth
Madcap
Mirika II
Millo
Moonface
Nanook
Papillion
Tourmaline
Venture
Zoraida II

All this from 1949 Lloyds Register.

 

[globalkoster]

that's great news. One of that list, the 'Conabor', is (now) mine. What kind of list is this? Is there more info on that list about those boats. It would be great if I could somehow find some drawings of the conabor.

greetings,

Roland

 

[Forbsie]

It says that Conabor was constructed in 1908 by E.F. Usborne of Thurgarton, Nottingham. Lloyds Register of Yachts was published every year and you should find it in your local reference library.

 

[globalkoster]

Thanks for youe reply. I'll be heading for the library tomorrow. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif So it was contructed by E.F. Usborne of Thurgarton, Nottingham. and she was designed by H.C. Smith who worked at the Burnham Yacht Building Company. Is that correct?

greetings,

Roland

 

[Forbsie]

It looks as if he owned BYBC. The Usborne connection is a weird one because it does not appear in the list of builders.

 

[oldfrank]

Harry Smith started off working in Oxford before moving to Burnham in the late 19th century. This becomes a bit confusing as there were two Smiths building boats at Oxford at the time. He built the Broads One Designs (Brown boats) at Burnham from 1901 - to around 1932 (roughly number 28) to a Linton Hope design. The first Brown boats were built from cedar, later ones from mahogany.

Nick Truman's parents (of Oulton Broad) lived next door to Harry Smith during the war and were given his drawing instruments when he died. Nick still has them. Old Frank