History of Trinovante

To some extent every boat starts with a dream or inspiration. The inspiration for Trinovante came one sparkling September day in Lisbon during 1983.  John Shores, Trinovante's designer, was walking down the steep city streets towards the river when the Portuguese Schooner Creoula unexpectedly came into view, riding to her moorings just 100ft from the river bank.
 
Trinovante was inspired by Creoula that day but is not in any way a copy or a miniature version of her. The design brief was simply for a three masted traditionally rigged schooner of less than 24m long with a maximum draught of six feet and a cargo hold forward. She needed to be strong, seaworthy and easy to handle by a small crew but with the option able to carry lots of sail with a stronger crew. She also had to be economical to build and maintain.
 
John spent a year working on the design before the keel was laid in Wivenhoe in Essex, a village on the banks of the river Colne. Wivenhoe is a village with a long history of shipbuilding, fishing and sailing. The last big sailing vessel built there was the  Jubilee Sailing Trusts ship the Lord Nelson , launched in 1986.
Trinovate was launched in 1994 and has now become a familiar sight sailing around her home waters of the Thames estuary and further afield.
 
Design wise she has exceeded expectations and the only major change has been the conversion of the forward hold into comfortable accommodation for the crew.

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