the organic boat...

Naida is a 35' 9" pinky gaff ketch, beautifully handbuilt in Oxfordshire by expert woodworker and award-winning organic farmer Iain Tolhurst, over a period of 12 years.
Built entirely by hand using only indigenous and reclaimed timber, Naida is an extraordinary vessel and a unique example of craftmanship and sustainable boat building.
Launched in April 2011, Naida is moored in Emsworth (Hampshire, UK) and can be chartered, by private arrangement only, for cruises and sailing holidays in the British waters and across the Med.

Naida's story has been documented by Kathy Mansfield for Watercraft in 2000 (W23), 2006 (W57), 2008 (W70) and 2011 (W88)

and by Gareth Grundy for The Observer Sun 17 July 2011