Magazine Reviews

Over the last 15 years our range of craft have appeared in a number of familiar yachting journals, sailed by many different journalists each with their own view and perspective. To follow are a number of these reviews as they appeared and hopefully they will provide an insight into the Memory, Tela and Wagtail.


Wagtail brings back the fun!
  - Practical Boat Owner - August 1997

If the Swallows and Amazons were around today, this is what they’d be sailing, says David Harding. To my mind, there’s nothing to beat simply messing about on the river in a dinghy. And that’s exactly what I found myself doing one sunny May afternoon on the Hamble, in a 12ft 6in Wagtail built by Greg Dalrymple of Salterns Boatbuilders at Bursledon.


Tela revisited - www.watercraft.co.uk - July/August 2004

Judy Brickhill continues her reports on family dayboats which have stood the test of time with a return to Salterns Boatyard.Some people start building boats by design, some by force of circumstance and some by accident. For Greg Dalrymple of Salterns Boatyard, the accident was a serious on ewhile riding his motor bike in the early 80s.


Two traditional daysailers - Practical Boat Owner - November 2003

If you’ re looking at trailable daybots that combine sailing performance and classic charm in equal measure, you have a limited choice. But David Harding has tried two – one new, one with a long history – that offer plenty of both.