W TROUT & SON LIMITED

ABOUT W TROUT & SON LIMITED

Company Registration no: 4619521

is a family business offering a full boatyard service undertaking all kinds of work to new and old boats. And if we are not working on your boat then we are probably playing on ours - we are boat people through and through! With a mix of traditional skills rooted in our 112 years of boat building and repairing history and the latest training our team can tackle any job. See below for more on the individual skills and experience we have to offer.

Mark started working with his father & grandfather while still at school, went to Falmouth College and did the Yacht, Boatbuilding & Design course in 1986 – 87. Mark’s first project after leaving college was to design and build the wooden Exe 20. Since then he has worked alongside Michael, building, repairing, painting, rigging the many different types of boats that have come through the yard. Mark is now managing the boatyard and developing the business in new directions.

Heidi Trout - Company Secretary

Heidi married Mark in 1991 and has worked in many business before bringing her many talents to join Trout’s in 2000. Heidi is in charge of the everyday administration for the boatyard and is usually the person who answers the phone in the first instance.

When the business moved over to Ferry Road, Michael helped his father build the quay alongside the yard. With the introduction of fibre glass to the boat building world, Michael started the production of the Exe 17s, Raleigh Dinghies, fitting out bigger boats and repairs in the new material alongside the wood which is still his first love.

Jason left college in 1987 after doing a BTEC Recreation & Leisure management course. Qualified as a dinghy instructor he headed to the warmth of the Caribbean. Where he ended up running a 65ft catamaran on charter. When not chartered he looked after the parasailing and dive boats. 1990 took him to the Mediterranean. There doing yacht deliveries all over the Mediterranean landed him working for Sunsail Turkey teaching windsurfing / sailing in dinghies and yachts. Then on to the Expo 97/98 Around the World Rally as 1st Mate. Jason then captained the Nelson Merrick ULDB 68 along with a Bashford Harrison 41' through 2 successful Caribbean race circuits. This culminated in him becoming 1st mate /co captain on the Maxi 80' Bols Sport, 2nd in Gotland Runt and 1st in IMS Sydney- Hobart 2001. Jason then spent 6 months on the J Class yacht Endeavour before returning to Topsham.

Sean Selley