Welcome to Scruffie Marine

Here you will find details of our unique kit boats, custom built timber boats, ready to sail super light super strong fibreglass boats plus our elegant electric boats.

 

Timber kits range from the 12-foot open Shimmy for 4  to the 24-foot Scintilla sleeping 6.

* Shimmy 12 * Scruffie 16 * Stornaway 18 * Secret 20 * Scintilla 24 *

* Stornaway 18 Weekender *

 

Our new super light, super strong fibreglass boats  Sienna 19 and Secret 28 are available  as sailing versions or as electric boats -  Sienna 19 Solar/Electric and Secret 28 Solar/Electric. They comply with all international survey requirements and are suitable for commercial or private use.

 

Our craft are beautiful, stable, seakindly and surprisingly fast – see our reviews! Schools, outward bound operators and naval cadets own and sail Scruffie Marine boats.

 

The innovative timber kit boats, designed, manufactured and fine-tuned in Australia since 1992, have been exported around the world, built and sailed by amateurs and professionals alike.

 

United Kingdom agents, Whisper Boats, share our commitment to first class service – check out the “Whisper Club” on their web site for details of various build projects.

 

Our commercial range also includes the new Secret 28, sail or electric and on the drawing board, the Seychelle 37 solar/electric launch.

 

In addition to the standard range we offer a full consultation and custom design service from 60-foot houseboats and schooners, to electric passenger launches to 10-foot dinghies. If you have any questions or need any help in choosing your boat please email, phone or write to us and we will personally attend to your enquiry.

 

 

 
Canal Cruising in an English Eden

Just in from the intrepid English explorers, Max and Elaine, a lovely video of their journey up the Leeds and Liverpool canal. We have to agree – one of the loveliest of the European canals and completely unspoilt. Check it out on YouTube Canal beauty


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Constructeur Français Blog

Our first French builder – one Gerard Legay, has an excellent blog up and running. Gerard is building a Scintilla 24 with a special keel supplied to take an inboard diesel.

 

The blog is in French of course, but also in better English than many natives. Good clear photos detail the work in progress and make a good guide to Scintilla building. Gerard covers everything from the delivery onward and you can see he has prepared an area beside his house for the build. It’s a confined space but with overhead racks, good lighting and work trestles set up in the garden, he’s managing to get the job done with care and efficiency.

 

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For a link to Gerard’s blog and more details, visit The Captain’s Blog – A Boat on the Side