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Flook is no flook
The National Maritime Museum in Falmouth continues to deliver an ever changing experience to its visitors with a new installation of a rare historic boat.
Flook', the very first Heron dinghy, designed by the world renowned and highly respected Jack Holt, has been suspended from the Museum's ceiling, adding to the collection of flying boats sailing through the attraction's vast Flotilla gallery.
Designed in 1950, this 58 year old was, and is, a popular DIY starter boat. In the years following WWII, people began taking to the water in greater numbers than they ever had before, and by utilising wartime technology, when superior plywood and glues were developed, designers were able to provide a new range of affordable boats.
Enormously practical, the Heron can be rowed, sailed or even driven by a small outboard motor. Like the later Mirror Dinghy, it is capable of being carried on the roof of a family car.
The Heron remains tremendously popular, with international ownership in excess of 10,000.
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