Chris Somner

I started boat building in 1998, working for Bob Hoare Ltd, building Contenders and Poole AB’s whilst undertaking a City and guilds in Yacht and Boat building which I completed in 2003. I then left Bob Hoare Ltd and joined Latham’s Boatyard repairing wooden yachts and involved in running the office until April 2006 when I set up my own business building and repairing dinghies and small yachts.
 

We took on the contract to build Cadet sailing dinghies using the class association moulds, and purchased the Wavelength/ Bob Hoare contender moulds and the Poole AB moulds. In October 2006 we also started to work in conjunction with the yachting world dayboat class to build new boats and rejuvenate the class.

I currently sail an International moth ( a foiler) which I'm a bit fat for, and I sail an RS200 with my wife Anita.

Anita Somner

Anita Looks after the office for us, making sure that we are organised most of the time, sails with me some of the time, or acts as rescue boat when I’m out in the moth!

The boys!!

Andy Welch (wood)

Specialises in wooden boat repairs, anything from fixing rudders to complete rebuilds, and redecks. Andy trained at Latham’s boatyard as a youngster, joined the police and on retiring came back to work with boats. Andy is a keen sailor, often seen at the front of the GP14 fleet at Poole yacht club, on deck for cruiser racing, or just drifting around on his Yacht (Fanny).

Martin Pearson (paint)

Martin joins us from time to time to measure boats and to spray the odd boat for us. Having run a body shop Martin has retired from working with cars and enjoys yacht racing and chasing his kids round the county to a variety of dinghy sailing events.

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