Welcome to Salterns Boats Ltd

Welcome to the Salterns Boats website, builders of the Memory, Tela and Wagtail traditional gaff rigged boats. Each boat has a true working boat pedigree, designed to be efficient, practical and, with 'form following function', very beautiful.

We deliberately use a mix of new and old; GRP hulls and decks for ease of maintenance; craftsmen built wooden fit outs using traditional techniques for longevity and beauty.

We have tried to give a flavour of our range and ethos on this website, however nothing quite compares to seeing the boats afloat, and this can easily be arranged by appointment in our Oxfordshire works or Hamble River Yard. So whether you're after the pedigree of the Memory, the lure of the Tela, or simple fun of the Wagtail, we hope to have a traditional gaffer to suit every requirement.

Memory 19

Although the Memory class was born in the early 70’s from the hand of designer Tony Robinson, the inspiration behind her dates back from way before. The practicality of th...

Tela

A family dayboat, a hundred years in the making It was 1911, Asquith was Prime Minister, a Frenchman had just flown across the Channel and a young American called Henry Ford ...

Wagtail

The Wagtail was originally moulded form an old clinker sailing dinghy, typical of the sorts that were built locally around the Solent from the 1920s to the 1950s. She has a trem...

NEWS

Boat Show Tela
Tuesday 24th January

A huge thank you to everyone for coming to see the Centenary Tela in all her splendour, on the Cl ...

Salterns Boats at the London Boat Show
Tuesday 29th November

Salterns Boats will be exhibiting at the London Boat Show - 6th to 15th January 2012 - by kind in ...

Centenary Tela moulded
Friday 2nd September

To mark the 100th year of the Tela, a Centenary model is mid way through production at Salte ...

Cordless Canoe Challenge
Wednesday 24th August

Have you seen the excellent article about the well-fought cordless-canoe challenge at beal Park b ...

Beale Park Boat Show
Monday 20th June

We would like to send a big thank you to everyone who came and saw us on the Salterns Boats ...

Year of Tela
Friday 1st April

This year, 2011 is special for Salterns as it marks the 100th Birthday of the Tela. Originating f ...

Production moves into it's new facility.
Monday 8th November

Since moving production from Southampton to Oxford, Salterns Boats has successfully nestled in am ...

Sun shines on Southampton.
Monday 20th September

With the final day drawn to a close of the Southampton Boat Show, and the boats now safely back i ...

Salterns at Southampton Boat Show
Thursday 15th July

Salterns Boats will be back at our usual position at the Southampton Boat Show – September ...

Wagtail with a foredeck
Tuesday 22nd June

After deliberating for a while about producing the 12’6” Wagtail with the addition of ...

Same boats, but in a new home
Thursday 10th June

After 14 years of developing the Memory, Tela and Wagtail range, Greg and Annette are to take mor ...