page_title: Classic Boat Museum
section_title: The Gallery Exhibition
hierarchical_section_title: Classic Boat Museum / The Gallery Exhibition
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to Classic Boat Museum Gallery
context_page_description: The Classic Boat Museum is a museum of boats and of the history of yachting and boating. It is located on the Isle of Wight at two separate sites on either side of the River Medina; The Boat Collection in Cowes, and The Gallery in East Cowes. It is a working museum featuring restoration. Work takes place all year round. In addition to classic boats, the museum contains tools, artefacts, books, photographs, film and archival items that relate to the history of boat building, sailing, yachting, cruising and racing over the last century.
context_section_description: The Classic Boat Museum's Gallery, based in the former Saunders Roe 1935 building, houses a number of photographic and artefact items, including:
  Photographs and other items and events associated with Uffa Fox, including 14 ft dinghies, sailing canoes, transatlantic voyages etc.
  Photographs, papers and test tank models relating to the Thornycroft family's working and sailing life on the Isle of Wight, including the testing notebooks of naval engineer Blanche Thornycroft
  Photographs of yachts in the Solent and East Coast from the 1920s onwards, named and dated
  Jo Carstairs' collection – press cuttings and photographs relating to her motorboat racing career in the 1920s
  Models of power boats and working craft
  Library of 2,000 maritime books
  Gipsy Moth IV Connection — The museum's Gallery features some of the original equipment from the boat and clothing worn by Francis Chichester during his journey.
  Other displays relating to Ellen MacArthur, Trinity House, Fleet Reviews, Princess Flying Boat, Hovercraft and J-Class yachts.
caption: Entrance to Classic Boat Museum Gallery
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