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The word Drascombe is a trademark that was first registered by (John Watkinson ) who applied it to a series of sailing boats which he designed and built in the period 1965-79 and sold in the United Kingdom (UK). They comprised the Coaster, Cruiser Longboat, Dabber, Drifter, Driver, Gig, Launch, Longboat, Lugger, Peterboat, Scaffie, Scaith and Skiff, together with a few other one-offs. They have wide and deep cockpits, adaptable boomless rigs and high bulwarks.〔Vandersmissen, Hans. (Undated) ''The Seagoing Drascombe''. Totnes. Silver Boats.〕 The word drascombe is also used as a generic term for any boat built to a design by John Watkinson. These include both 'the Drascombe range' build by Churchouse Boats 〔"(Churchouse Boats ltd )". Accessed 28 August 2009.〕 and the 'Original Devon' range produced by Honnor Marine,〔"(Honnor Marine Ltd )". Accessed 28 November 2008.〕 which is not licensed to use the Drascombe trademark. The use of the word drascombe in lowercase on this page refers to the generic usage. The Caboteur and Drifter 22 have been designed and built recently following the design principles developed by John Watkinson. John Watkinson died in 1997 and the trademark is now owned by his surviving family.〔http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=E677856〕 Current licensees include Churchouse Boats〔"(Churchouse Boats Ltd )". Accessed 28 February 2007.〕 and East West Custom Boats.〔"(East West Custom Boats )". Accessed 2 March 2007.〕 Past licensees include Honnor Marine; McNulty; John Elliott and Douglas Elliott Boatbuilders (licensed to build in wood); and Kelly and Hall, which built the original production Luggers in wood. ==Design principles== There are basically two types of drascombe. There are undecked open day sailers and two-berth weekenders. They were originally designed and built in marine plywood using glued lapstrake construction. As they became more popular, they were then manufactured in GRP.() The hull, typically, consists of four strakes each side, the garboard strakes being wide giving a flat run to the transom whilst having a fairly sharp entry at the stem. There is a recessed rear deck level with side benches and a recessed foredeck. Some models have a small two-berth cabin. The transom slopes back at an angle of about 45 degrees with the top edge sloping forward giving drascombes a distinctive appearance at the stern. Just forward of the transom is a well to take an outboard motor with a slot in the transom that allows the outboard motor to be tilted out of the water when under sail. It also keeps the outboard motor hidden from view. The usual rig consists of a gunter-rigged mainsail set on the main mast, a mizzen sail set on the mizzen mast sheeted to a bumpkin and a foresail. The tan-coloured sails are all boomless to avoid possible head injury from a gybing boom. The original drascombe lugger had a lug sail to start with; this was changed to a gunter mainsail but the name was kept. The rudder fits in a case which is set in the aft deck in front of the mizzen mast. It can be lifted up into the case when in very shallow water. A steel centreboard is in a centreboard case with a purchase to lift it. Some (Dabber and Drifter) have a conventional vertical transom with the rudder hung on the transom. Some (Skiff, Scaith, Scaffie and Peterboat) were double enders with a canoe stern. Of these, the Skiff has no outbard motor well, just a mini triangular transom to take a small outboard motor when the rudder has been removed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drascombe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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