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Client Stories

At Just Lugger Joinery we like to go the extra mile in helping our clients improve their much-loved Drascombe. Here are some of their stories.

Johns Engine Bracket

August 15, 2023

Another review on our help and professional advice on fitting work .this evening .  … be it from the Greek Ionian Sea!   This sets my standard at Just Lugger Joinery for product quality and customer service. It’s just the best!! “Phil, No problem but the issue was we didn’t have the engine with us…

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Supplying of “Devon Lugger” Mk3 floor board set and Lazarette floor section

July 21, 2023

Having explained to Dave that the Mk3 Luggers had experienced a lot of mould changes and adaptions by the various companies that had taken over the production after the demise of Honnor Marine, I was confident that our Mk3 set would be a very close fit and Dave accepted there could be a little ‘fettling’.…

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Hooked up with a Gaff

July 13, 2023

Another new order this week and on the boat within 24 hours!!! w “Thank-you very much for an excellent gaff yard. I fastened all the fittings when Iarrived home and will lace on the sail today.Please thank Martin for his assistance.It is warm and sunny in Devon today, but I do envy you by the…

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Bigger BOOM!!!!

June 1, 2023

“Finally my Drascombe Drifter 22 which has had a wonderful piece of work carried out last winter by Just Lugger Joinery (Dragon Design) in extending the length of its boom, way to short in length as supplied by the U.K. supplier. I’m just back from a couple of days sailing in the Solent.  The extended…

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Pams Lazarette

May 25, 2023

After Pams story of “Pin Fitting to the Tiller” she has now posed the question “I get a small amount of water seepage into the aft compartment and things are standing in water in the bilge bottom”. My guidance was: Sadly water seepage into the bilge is inevitable, so what we have done at JLL…

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Simple Whipping

May 13, 2023

Elspeth, a featured customer in the stories, has asked me about whipping so I thought it may be something other people may be interested in. Whipping has a few contexts but in relation to rope whipping we can use this technique for a few reasons. This includes: Whipping the end of ropes to prevent them…

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Toms Mk3 Lugger

May 8, 2023

This is Tom’s Mk3 Lugger Jojo which is based at Nice Marina in the south of France. I sent him the 2 sections of 20 mm Iroko back in early March with his flooring package as a free of charge gesture. Toms Mk3 had a slight variation in the mould and was happy to adapt…

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Charles MK3 Lugger down under.

May 8, 2023

A Request came by email just 3 weeks ago from eastern Australia, it was to provide Charles with joinery and equipment for his Mk3 Lugger shipped from the U.K. This shopping list comprised of additional equipment for the boat. This was a replacement solid rudder plate and a full tiller assembly. What was significant on…

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Am I Mizen something…….

April 25, 2023

I found myself engaged with Ash in conversation at the Bristol Drascombe Convention, discussing the pros and cons of my joinery display. Subsequently he stuffed one of my Mizen Mast steps in his bag. Deal done, off he went as happy as a sand boy. Later in an email Ash was interested to know what…

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Ladder orders on the up!!!

April 25, 2023

Another JLJ boarding ladder ordered just 24 hours ago, will be packed for courier collecting today and ‘winging‘ it’s way to Pembrokeshire for Luke’s Cruiser tomorrow. Since the Drascombe Convention in Bristol on 25 February this is the 10th ladder to join a Drascombe boat. Still over 15 ladders left in stock. It’s not too…

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Pin Fitting to the Tiller

April 19, 2023

I have seperated this story from the last, even though its derived from a discussion with Pam, because it would be easier for someone to find if they also needed this information. In discussion over the Easter with Pam re her issue with not being able to clip the tiller extension to the tiller.  This…

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Lazerette Flooring for MK1 Lugger

April 19, 2023

After providing Pam with lots of joinery and parts for her Lugger “KingFisher”she has had regular contact with myself for help and support with the ongoing completion of KingFisher. Themost recent question posed was about getting a small amount of water seepage in the aft compartment causing things to be standing in the water in…

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Rogers Engine Bracket

April 11, 2023

I’m never surprised anymore when and where I get emails with questions or requests for Lugger parts. Late on Sunday 2 April I received Rogers email requesting an engine bracket and engine packer for his Lugger, with a quick reply with an invoice he had made the bank transfer. The following morning, Monday 3rd, the…

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Elspeth’s Lugger

April 11, 2023

For Elspeth their one week Lugger charter last summer in 2022 with Dragon Drascombe, ‘sailing Luggers in the South Ionian Sea’, inspired her on getting back to the U.K. to pursue the challenge to look for a second hand boat, get it up to scratch and have it based on the south coast for their…

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Replacement Washboards

March 17, 2023

Another interesting order was to replace this odd original feature of companionway safety and security, in essence a small pair of ‘French Doors’.

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Jojo gets new flooring

March 10, 2023

The next part of JoJo’s story. Tom ordered a full flooring system from JLJ. Here I go through what is involved in the manufacture of a set of 5-section flooring

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The JLJ Boarding Ladder

March 10, 2023

There has been a very good response to my boarding ladders. Here I explain some of the unique features that make them so good.

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Henry’s Longboat Refurbishment

March 9, 2023

Henry has an old Mk 2 Longboat out in the sand state of Bahrain, badly in need of some TLC. His first order was for a replacement mast thwart and transom board.

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Philip’s New Tiller and Extension

March 9, 2023

Philip needed a new tiller with extension, in a spray varnish finish. Here at JLJ we not only supply the parts but will fit them for free to an existing tiller head.

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Boom and Tiller fix and upgrades

February 24, 2023

Robin has been upgrading his Drascombe and wanted his tiller refurbished and with customised extension. Just what we do here at JLJ!

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Renovations to Jojo

February 24, 2023

Tom keeps his Lugger Jojo in Nice in the south of France. JLJ was able to export a full length keel band for him to fit.

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Parts to New Zealand

February 2, 2023

We have just fulfilled an order for Paul in Dunedin, New Zealand, for a keel band, hull beaching rails and centre plate pivot pin, all dispatched by DHL using our efficient export process.

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Mizzen Step for a Coaster

November 18, 2022

We had an email from John asking “I am looking for a an early Long Boat Coaster rudder mizzen step. Do you have any in stock? Are there any measurements or details I can provide to confirm the correct fitting?”. After a quick email exchange, John provided photos of the existing step and we were…

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Kingfisher Rebuild

August 2, 2022

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. More pictures of the keel band and beaching rails being refitted. Out…

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