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W.Howard boatbuilder Will Howard runs a small business building and restoring wooden Thames boats in the sleepy riverside village of south Stoke.
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Will runs his own small business specialising in building and restoring Traditional Thames wooden boats. After qualifying at Falmouth Marine school, Will continued his training at Peter Freebodies and Henwood and Dean boatbuilders gaining experience with some of the best boatbuilders on the Thames. Will also won preservationist of the year award at Henwood and Dean from building a Thames skiff in 2008, presented by Prince Michael of Kent for the British Transport Trust. One project Will was very fortunate to have had was some involvement in working alongside master boat builder Mark Edwards on the Gloriana for The Queens Diamond Jubilee. Please feel free to get in touch for all your traditional Thames boating needs.

Cleaning off corrosion on bronze swivels today 🧐
05/10/2026

Cleaning off corrosion on bronze swivels today 🧐

A great day when a BBC news reporter asks to do an article on your work!
25/09/2026

A great day when a BBC news reporter asks to do an article on your work!

https://pod.fo/e/627d5cHi please see the podcast I was featured in today recorded in my workshop in south stoke 😀
18/09/2026

https://pod.fo/e/627d5c

Hi please see the podcast I was featured in today recorded in my workshop in south stoke 😀

In this episode we visit the workshop of Will Howard, a builder and restorer of traditional Thames wooden boats. We're talking skiffs, dinghies, and canoes, and find out how much work it takes ...

Today was a great honour to see the Edwin Phelps single scull i restored last year being presented to Putney town rowing...
10/08/2026

Today was a great honour to see the Edwin Phelps single scull i restored last year being presented to Putney town rowing club. It’s been a great pleasure working with the Phelps family on this project!

Something different this week! 2 coats of blacking for this beautiful Piper!
06/08/2026

Something different this week! 2 coats of blacking for this beautiful Piper!

T was happy as anything with Min after a big restoration on Min his 1960’s Broom Viking which he worked on arduously rem...
18/07/2026

T was happy as anything with Min after a big restoration on Min his 1960’s Broom Viking which he worked on arduously removing the old varnish and building up the new varnish on his weekends off school! Well done T!

Custom modifications to retro fit the original steering wheel to a modern steering system. Thanks to Oliver penny engine...
11/07/2026

Custom modifications to retro fit the original steering wheel to a modern steering system. Thanks to Oliver penny engineering at Southstoke!

Can I interest anyone in any spruce sculls ?
02/07/2026

Can I interest anyone in any spruce sculls ?

Let’s get this new boat storage unit filled! 😍 day 1 underway of moving to our bigger and better storafe facilities!
01/06/2026

Let’s get this new boat storage unit filled! 😍 day 1 underway of moving to our bigger and better storafe facilities!

A happy customer after we varnished his hull during winter storage…
24/05/2026

A happy customer after we varnished his hull during winter storage…

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