Buying New Scorpions

There are four recognised suppliers of new boats at present, three building in wood, one in foam:

Paintcraft / Nigel Potter

Nigel sources new wooden hulls from builders James Jarvey and/or Alistair Duffin, spray finishing and fitting them out himself. Usually has new boats in stock and may take used boats in part-exchange. Based in Nottingham. Contact: 0115 9754302 (Days) 0115 9200106 (Evenings).

Gosling Dinghy Craft / Kevin Gosling

Kevin builds, finishes and fits out his own wooden hulls. Based in Devon. Contact: 01395 597603 or 07792 253887.

CPC Boatworks / Chris Clapp

Chris builds, finishes and fits out his own wooden hulls. Based in Devon. Contact: 01395 579529 or 07989 232768.

Pinnell & Bax

P&B build foam-sandwich boats from moulds recently developed by Chris Turner. Based in Northampton. Contact: 01604 592808 (Dave Wade) or P&B website.