Pennant Yachts
Introducing the Devon Yawl: the UK's performance day-sailer. Combining good looks and seaworthines
Originally conceived as a GRP version of the Salcombe Yawl – one of the UK's earliest classes – the Devon Yawl's ancestry can ultimately be traced back to the small inshore fishing vessels of the Salcombe estuary and South Devon. Inheriting the speed, good windward performance and easy-handling of its working-boat forebears, the Devon Yawl fuses these qualities with resilience, ease of maintenance
23/06/2024
15/05/2024
Some more progress photos of Dy389, this is my personal boat which I’m going to use to test some new ideas on and to learn from.
14/05/2024
Dy52a, Dy67 and Dy388 almost ready to hit the water. Dy52a and Dy67 have undergone re-fits by their owners and came to us for new rigs, rigging and deck gear packs.
24/02/2024
DY391 on stand D32 with the Devon Yawl Association at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show. Come and visit us and take a look at the latest boat ⛵️
31/10/2023
Devon yawl 389 one off interior colour going in. Zercon blue. This boat with also have matching hull and deck colour to be extra bright. The boat will be joining the Plymouth fleet for next year. AllsparsUllman Sails UKArmada SailsAllen SailingMilanes FoilsDevon Yawl Association
29/08/2023
Dy 391 completed and back home with its owner in Pembrokeshire. Lots of fettling and new ideas tested on this one and the finished result was really worth it. Ullman Sails UK Allspars Milanes Foils Allen Sailing Armada Sails Devon Yawl Association
04/06/2023
What a great weekend spent racing at the Yealm Yacht Club.
04/06/2023
04/06/2023
31/05/2023
Dy 390 now on the water in its new home in Turnchapel. The Plymouth fleet is starting to grow nicely with lots of new interest in the class. Ullman Sails UK Royal Western Yacht Club Allspars Armada Sails Seldén Mast Milanes Foils Allen Sailing
25/05/2023
Great evening on the water racing with Royal Western Yacht Club and a first time out racing with my boy.
16/05/2023
Dy 391 hull underway. This one is mazzerine blue.
Dy 390 walk around. The boat looks great with her rigs up and matching Sea-Dek interior and really love the original hull colour. Allspars Ullman Sails UK
11/05/2023
Dy 388 in / on her new home in Turnchapel. With Dy 376 for company. Racing at the Royal Western Yacht Club starts tonight.
04/05/2023
Dy388 and Dy390 being weighed this morning before there final lead is added. looking forward to the racing with Royal Western Yacht Club in Plymouth that starts very soon.
28/04/2023
Our first prototype Allen Sailing stock / tiller has arrived. Really pleased with how it’s turned out and they look great paired with the Milanes Foils. We plan to fit and test this to DY388, and if all works well we will make a run of these for all future boats. They will also be available for other yawls
26/04/2023
DY390 on her new trailer from admiral. Next week we will be fitting the keel and rigs. Just waiting for our new custom rudder stocks to arrive from Allen and sails from Ullman Sails UK
25/04/2023
Lots of new parts arriving for our current and future builds.
14/04/2023
Production line set up for bow sprit varnishing.
14/04/2023
We have made some good progress on Dy391 this week making the interior frames, Centre board case and front and rear floor. We will start the middle interior next week.
07/04/2023
05/04/2023
Some good progress made on Dy390 this week. Next week we will be ready to fit the rigs, Seadeck and keel.
30/03/2023
Devon yawl 390 deck now fitted. Tomorrow we will be fitting all the selden deck hardware.
29/03/2023
Devon yawl 390 being lifted out of the mould. Very wet day perfect for floating the boat out of the mould. The colour is dark grey blue which is very different for a yawl but I think it looks great against the quill grey interior. If you were wondering what happened to 389 that boat is our test boat and is being used to make tooling to speed up assembly. We will be starting to make parts for Dy 391 very soon.
20/03/2023
Here is the start of the interior floor mouldings being bonded in. These are made up of 3 separate chambers.
16/03/2023
Next Devon Yawl in production in a dark blue/grey colour. We have sped up production by making new frame moulds. Very satisfying when they all fit as hoped! Won’t be long until this boat needs it’s rigs.
25/02/2023
We are here at the RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show stand A19 with DY388. Thanks to Devon Yawl Association, Allspars, Ullman Sails UK, Seldén Mast, Sea-Dek and Armada Sails for your continued support.
We hope to see you at the show!
15/02/2023
Great day at Allspars collecting the next 3 boats worth of kit and test fitting dy388 rig in preparation for rya dinghy show next week.
Dy388 being lifted out of the mould. We will be starting 389 before Christmas and 390 in the new year. All 3 boats will be joining in with the Plymouth fleet racing.
20/10/2022
Dy 388 now in build this boat will based in Plymouth sailing along side the Plymouth fleet.
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