simon@skirridsystems.co.uk

New Refit Service

From this coming October, Dragon Design at its workshop in Tredegar will be offering a full in-house boat refurbishing and fitting service: fitting of keel bands, Gunwale rails, glass fibre damage repairs and boat spraying repairs etc. any work connected to your Drascombe boat.

For example: a task which is beyond some enthusiasts is replacing the Iroko keel band. This task, on a booked-in time period of 2 days at our workshop, can be completed for a fixed cost including all parts, materials and labour.

MK1 Lugger keel band £445
MK2 and 3 Lugger keel band £420

Just let us know what you need and we’ll give you a quotation.

More information and sample prices coming soon.

Kingfisher Rebuild

Lugger Kingfisher is being rebuilt by our clients Pamela and brother Geoff. Last weekend they just borrowed a spray booth, as you do, and very successfully resprayed the inner cockpit themselves.

What a beautiful job, nicely complemented by the joinery now being fitted. We look forward to more pictures to come!

Charitable Donations

It had originally been my intention of offering members of the Drascombe Association a discount on orders of 7%, whilst recognising our prices are far lower than of other suppliers of similar products.

However, and I’m sure Drascombe owners will agree with my approach, my company Dragon Design will donate 10% of its profits from its marine joinery business to aid the plight of Ukrainian refugees who are displaced at this time due to the invasion of their country by Russia.

As those will note who follow my Dragon Drascombe, Lugger sailing holidays website, it has a link each September in donating to the Target Ovarian Cancer appeal via the Great North Run, of which my son in law Andy Stringer is a participant; following her Cancer surgery in 2019/20 my daughter Steph completed the course last year.

So we are proud throughout our varying businesses to give something back to those in need. Please support us and you will be supporting others.

Great news for EU customers

Now for exporting our Lugger joinery products to EU clients our courier companies will offer a DDP service. This in plain terms is a ‘Delivered Duty Paid’ service, where payment of any EU VAT, Duties and charges are known and paid at the point of booking. Now no more unexpected charges for the client on delivery, it’s all accounted at the point of your order. Yes, it is good news.

Lugger Oars

These used Lugger oars are free to a good home if anyone needs them. They are surplus to our needs in the Greek Ionian. Please note that these items are old, used and have not been reconditioned.
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Fitting an Engine Packing Plate

All the engines Dragon Design fit to its rebuilt Luggers are Mariner 4 HP 4 Stroke engines with a long shaft and Powerdrive propeller. Consequently for whatever reason there is always an issue with the tip of the leg fin clearing the transom and allowing the leg to rise sufficiently for the lock to click into place. The second picture shows the tip of the fin hitting the underside of the transom.

To overcome this problem Dragon Design make a neat pad out of Iroko and with 4 brass screws this is screwed to the engine mounting bracket, so throwing the engine head further away from the engine bracket. Consequently this enables the lower leg fin to clear the underside of the transom.

This picture shows the clearance achieved. In this position and with an adjustment on the locking bar we have the lower led standing off the end of the keel band.

For security Dragon Design always fit engine locks to its rebuilt Lugger. These will not fit as standard but will have to be cut in order to slide the tube into the well.

Another great job achieved by Dragon Design