Duchy 27 review by Dans Boat Life

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“The Duchy Difference” The Duchy Motor Launch brand is produced by Cockwells Modern & Classic Boat Builders, located near Falmouth in Great Britain. These guys are trusted by the super-yacht industry to create the best custom tenders for some of the world’s finest yachts. As it’s the same team producing your Duchy Motor Launch, it…

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Duchy 35 Review by Aquaholic

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“A proper boat, with proper performance” AUDIO TRANSCRIPT This is a Duchy 35 now. This is a very elegant day boat or cruiser. And the hull of this is actually taken from a plug of a wooden boat so that’s why it’s got such elegant lines very much like a wooden boat. And in fact,…

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Duchy 27 Review by Aquaholic

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A True Gentleman’s Cruiser AUDIO TRANSCRIPT This is a Duchy 27, these are built by Cockwells down in Cornwall and this is a really lovely picnic boat, day boat, weekender, however we want to use it. You can imagine this, slipping down the River Thames on a beautiful day and you could easily see it…

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First Duchy Sport Launched

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Introducing the latest vessel in an award-winning fleet – from Duchy Motor Launches, enter the Duchy Sport – at this year’s Southampton International Boat Show (SIBS22), which takes place between 16 and 25 September at Mayflower Park in the maritime city. The acclaimed British boatbuilder will also showcase its Duchy 27 and Duchy 35, which…

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Duchy Sport concept: a Cockwells boat built for wakesurfing

Rendering of the Cockwells Duchy Sport concept in grey, the wakesurfing day boat to be revealed at Southampton International Boat Show 2021

Cockwells is unveiling the Duchy Sport, a wakesurfing day boat with a Duchy finish, at Southampton this week. Hull number one is already sold. Here is what the concept includes and how to order one for Sydney.

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Who builds Duchy Motor Launches? Cockwells at 25 years

Exterior view of Orinoco, a Duchy 35 motor launch built by Cockwells in Cornwall

Before you buy a Duchy it pays to know the yard behind it. A profile of Cockwells in Cornwall as it marks 25 years: the people, the three product lines, the new shipyard and where it is heading.

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Duchy 27 and Duchy 35 sales follow BOATS2020 cancellation

Exterior detail of the Duchy 35 motor launch Delilah, built by Cockwells in Cornwall

When BOATS2020 was cancelled on the eve of opening, Cockwells took its Duchy 27 and Duchy 35 back to the River Hamble and kept every appointment. The result: four Duchy orders and a Hardy 42 brokerage sale.

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Twin-cabin Duchy 35 features in Classic Boat’s New Classics column

Customised Duchy 35 motor launch built by Cockwells, the subject of Classic Boat magazine's New Classics column

Classic Boat’s New Classics column has turned its attention to the twin-cabin Duchy 35, and spent as much time on the semi-planing hull as on the extra cabin. Here is what it covered, and why the hull matters on our coast.

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