I trained at the Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis in 2004/05, building “by eye” a daughtership of a Shetland double-ended clinker boat, 1882. In 2005 I was awarded the British Marine Federation’s “Trainee of the Year” Award at the London Boat Show. In 2006 I worked on the build of a 38ft Bantry Bay gig of carvel construction for the “Atlantic Challenge” project in Ireland. In 2007, in conjunction with the Boat Building Academy, I was awarded the commission of building the first Cornish Pilot Gig, 32ft clinker construction, for the newly formed Gig Club of Lyme Regis, which will be launched in 2008. Traditional clinker construction is my specialist area, with gigs being my particular passion.