Mascotte (foreground) competing in Falmouth Classics 2014.
Pilot Cutter built 1904 by Cox, Thomas & Son, Newport National Historic Fleet MASCOTTE is no pretender – she is the largest of the surviving pilot-cutters and her story is remarkable. The sailing cutters of the Bristol Channel were ruggedly designed and built to withstand some of the wildest seas around our coasts and there is no doubt they were amongst the strongest and most efficient sailing craft ever produced. Now totally restored by T Nielsen & Company of Gloucester for her current owner for film and charterwork (fully MCA Coded), she is authentic in every way with every item both above and below deck having been carefully replaced or restored – an exquisite Edwardian-style interior with mahogany panelling offering guest berths for up to 9 people MASCOTTE was built in 1904 by pilot Thomas Cox of Newport and boat builder William Stacey. Cox, with a Barry & Newport Licence had a Newport Pilot son and a nephew who was a Barry Pilot – MASCOTTE accommodated all three of them and was therefore built 60 ft overall (10 ft longer than most pilot cutters!) She was twice as heavy. The service and flexibility that MASCOTTE could offer made her owners wealthy men.
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Location: Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © Roger Hollingsworth / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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