22' Watkinson Drascombe Longboat (1970) - PETOYA BLUE
Owner’s Description
Petoya Blue is a Drascombe Longboat, built in 1970 as one of the first with a GRP hull carrying wooden masts and spars of Oregon pine.
As far as we know abour her history, she came to Germany in 1972 and since then has served as a family boat as well as a sailing school boat. Petoya also started at several classic boat regattas earning some medals. She also undertook various extended voyages along the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Bu she also sailed some of the Netherlands´and Germany´s inshore waters including the River Rhine.
Our Family owns Petoya since 2014 and she always has proven herself as a very stable, reliable and versatile boat: camp – cruising, daysailing, fishing trips and exploring the nature in any kind of waters, under sail or outboard power were a pure delight.
Maneuvering in tight spaces is easily done with a sculling oar, or even with short paddles.
Meanwhile Petoya carries two different riggings: a tailor-made gaff rigg for light airs and regatta – sailing or the original high – peaked gunter rig for comfortable handling in a blow or when single – handed.
Right here, on the german coasts, she attracts some attention and curiosity as in her very own and sort of special appearance as she is quite a rarity.
Thanks a lot to Thomas, her owner before us, who contributed some of the displayed pictures.
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Thank you so much for your friendly words on PETOYA & her crew!
Happy to meet you here on the show – hope you enjoy having a close look
at at all those fascinating boats here, their stories & the people behind all that.
I´d appreciate that one day we might get you aboard PETOYA for a liitle excursion on the water…
See you, Thank you
Stephan, Winnie & Okko Einar Laaksonen
Lovely to see a well cared for Drascombe Longboat in Germany. I have a 1972 Drascombe Longboat which was built by Down East Drascombes in Maine USA.
I live in Windsor, Ontario and sail mainly on Lake St.Clair.
Lake St.Clair is about 35 X 45 Km between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. I’ve taken it with me on several camping trips. John S.
happy to hear from Canada! And thanks a lot for your appreciative words.
Windsor, Ontario, that is a Hockey Town, am I right?
Had the honour and the pleasure to accompany a junior team of the Missisauga Reps on a part of their European Tour, back in the 80´s. Still wear the Maple Leaf button I received as a present on my beanie cap – in cold weather / when sailing.
Yeah, the Drascombe Longboats! They´re really great boats – although PETOYA is our smallest boat up to now, in a way she is giving us the most of … joy and freedom.
Our cruising grounds mainly are the Schlei Fjord, the Kiel Bay in the Western Baltic and the southern Danish Islands, there´s only 20nm open water, then we are in a fantastic archipelago. So, if you ever are planning a Europen Tour, please contact!
Where can I see your boat – is it on the show as well? Up to now I only could find Sharon´s Drascombe(s) from the UK.
When sailing singlehanded I love to do camp cruising as well. I´ll post one or two new pictures about that on PETOYA´s site soon.
One final Question: Down East Drascombes – do they still exist? And are their boats of GRP or is it plywood?
Hello Andy,
Thank you so much for your friendly words on PETOYA & her crew!
Happy to meet you here on the show – hope you enjoy having a close look
at at all those fascinating boats here, their stories & the people behind all that.
I´d appreciate that one day we might get you aboard PETOYA for a liitle excursion on the water…
See you, Thank you
Stephan, Winnie & Okko Einar Laaksonen
Very nice small boat. Seems to be very well maintained and frequently used by nice people.
Lovely to see a well cared for Drascombe Longboat in Germany. I have a 1972 Drascombe Longboat which was built by Down East Drascombes in Maine USA.
I live in Windsor, Ontario and sail mainly on Lake St.Clair.
Lake St.Clair is about 35 X 45 Km between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. I’ve taken it with me on several camping trips. John S.
Hello John,
happy to hear from Canada! And thanks a lot for your appreciative words.
Windsor, Ontario, that is a Hockey Town, am I right?
Had the honour and the pleasure to accompany a junior team of the Missisauga Reps on a part of their European Tour, back in the 80´s. Still wear the Maple Leaf button I received as a present on my beanie cap – in cold weather / when sailing.
Yeah, the Drascombe Longboats! They´re really great boats – although PETOYA is our smallest boat up to now, in a way she is giving us the most of … joy and freedom.
Our cruising grounds mainly are the Schlei Fjord, the Kiel Bay in the Western Baltic and the southern Danish Islands, there´s only 20nm open water, then we are in a fantastic archipelago. So, if you ever are planning a Europen Tour, please contact!
Where can I see your boat – is it on the show as well? Up to now I only could find Sharon´s Drascombe(s) from the UK.
When sailing singlehanded I love to do camp cruising as well. I´ll post one or two new pictures about that on PETOYA´s site soon.
One final Question: Down East Drascombes – do they still exist? And are their boats of GRP or is it plywood?
Stephan