W H Cowburn & Cowpar Ltd

This section contains details of the eight narrow boats originally operated by W H Cowburn & Cowpar Ltd, both those now owned by members and others that we know of. We are always looking for more information to add to our archives so please contact us if you have information that does not appear in this section.

The WHC&C boats were built by Yarwoods at 70ft 6in length, with wooden cabins, and fitted with Gardner 4VT engines. 

The first two boats built in 1933 (Swan and Swift) had steel composite hulls, with a beam of 7ft 1in and draught of 4ft 2in. 

The other six boats built from 1934 to 1936 (Swallow, Stork, Skylark, Seagull, Snipe and Starling) were slightly narrower at 7ft 0in beam, and shallower at 3ft 11in draught, and had all-steel hulls with rounded chines.