Paul Gartside

The story of the Oysterman boats is that we began with the 16 in 1977 or thereabouts in the family boatyard in Malpas, Cornwall, where I grew up. We built 7 or 8, if I remember rightly. Then in 1983 I emigrated to Canada and the boatyard was sold. The molds and rights to build the 16 were transferred to Riverside Products in Penryn. I forget the owner’s name,  He thought a larger version was needed and I designed the 22 for him, but was never involved in the construction – I was in Canada then.