UK HBBR

Welcome to the UK Home Built Boat Rally

Formed in 2006 by Alec Jordan, UK-HBBR is a loose collection of like-minded individuals with a common interest in building boats at home. The aim is to organise several meetings around the country where home boat builders can get together to have a chat, see each others boats, sail in other boats, and talk about the trials, tribulations and rewards of building your own boat.

Details of meetings past and future will be posted on this blog, Keep an eye on the future events page.

2009 has been a fabulous year for the HBBR, partly because the weather gods have come up trumps for a change and provided some memorably sunsoaked boating. The Barton Turf meet was great, as ever, and the row from Lechlade to the boat show at Beale Park was fabulous fun. And the annual meet at the Cotswold Water Park saw the usual fine crop of new boats on their maiden voyages.

If you’ve built a boat, are planning to, or just want to come along to see what its all about, we’d love to see you.

There is no membership fee, formal organisation, or red tape. If you have read this far consider yourself a member. If you want to keep up with the gossip and chat between meetings, sign up for the forum. You’ll find a link somewhere around here.