Having designed yachts for Thames Marine, e.g. Mirage 28, I had left there to become an independent freelance designer, in this case for Cobra Yachts, a company set up to build their version of the Colvic 26 Sailor. Other moulds soon followed and the Cobra 850 was launched in 1976, the first going to our dealer in Holland, who was selling very successfully in to Northern Europe, Mainly Germany and Holland. The Cobra 750 soon followed, then the Cobra 1050, Cobra 700 and Cobra 900. All proved very successful, particularly as kit or home built boats.

Seawolf Yachts was started when I developed a slightly more radical design the Seawolf 26, and although I designed her mainly as my own boat enquiries came in on a regular basis, and so Seawolf Yachts Limited was born and production started. The early Seawolf did not have much headroom and so a modified version was designed with rather more headroom, which made her more attractive commercially.

Twin keel yachts have been of great interest to me ever since talking to an Australian acquaintance, who was keen on racing and fanatical about twin keels and their efficiency. This lead to some very successful twin keelers in the Cobra and Seawolf ranges, all of which surprised most people with their windward ability.

Eventually, the muscle of bigger companies with their more powerful advertising budgets swamped us, and the world was left to the likes of beneteau and Jeanneau, either of whom could supply the worlds demand for new boats. Although my ambitions for bigger Seawolfs were never realised.
I had fondly imagined that Cobra and Seawolf Yachts have taken their place in British Yacht Building.