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SEABIRD BOATS

Building wooden boats with traditional quality and craftsmanship. We aim for the standard of service and workmanship in wooden boatbuilding, which our customers can rely on.
We supply our range of boats in completed, part finished and kit form to suit your needs. Our kits come with full instructions and components for home construction (see our kit section for more information). Please browse through our website. If you have any questions or would like further information on any of our products, please contact us using the details at the top of the screen.

Seabird Boats is the new name of Chippendale Craft and Tyrone Boats.

 

 

   
 

A BIT OF HISTORY

The current range of completed wooden boats and kit boats, offered by SeaBird Boats are those which have been developed over 65 years of traditional wooden boat building.Originally under the name of Chippendale Craft and run by Jack Chippendale we have been making traditional and modern wooden boats since 1947 and have been in the forefront of the development, design and manufacture of a number of new classes of racing dinghies, including National 12s, Merlin Rockets, Flying Fifteens, Fireballs and International Fourteens as well as the introduction of the first 505,

 

the first Osprey and the first Kestrel.
When Jack Chippendale transferred the business to Ted Bird, in Rye, East Sussex, the range of hand-built, quality boats continued.
Ever expanding, SeaBird Boats now regularly ships products into Europe and across the globe. It is owned and managed by Jeff Baker and as well as the range of boats you can view here, specialises in supplying our very popular range of wooden kit boats.
Please browse through our website and contact us if you require any further information.

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