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Situated in the fishing village of Hout Bay, 25 kilometers from Cape Town in South Africa, Sentinel Boats is a small firm producing day sailers based on classic designs. Sentinel Boats is named after the Sentinel, the angled mountain that guards the western side of the bay. Hout Bay is surrounded by mountains, making the views spectacular but the winds tricky. Owned by Peter Adamo and Pierre Malan, Sentinel Boats has been building its day boat designs for eight years.
Sentinel Boats builds two stock designs, both designed for them by Hout Bay designer Dudley Dix. The Explorer is an 18 ft, gunter rigged open day boat, while the Challenger, her 14 foot little sister, can be rigged with either a standing lug or gunter rig. Other boats, mainly those designed by Dudley Dix are built on a custom basis.

Pete is the driving force behind Sentinel. He has been involved in boats all his life and has been a member of the South African National Sea Rescue Institute for thirty six years. He is presently the commander of the Hout Bay Sea Rescue station. He and his assistant, Chris are the boat builders and have built all of Sentinel's boats.
Pete is above all a people person who can be found at the Hout Bay premises most of the time, ready for a chat and willing to share his considerable local knowledge.

Pierre is the ideas and theory man. A marine biologist and former naval officer, he has been the inspiration of the boat designs and is the rigger and problem solver. Pierre's involvement with Sentinel is a part time one, when his scientific schedule allows. A lover of classical and traditional working boats, Pierre is happy to share his knowledge and experience of traditional boats, and will always be willing to spin a yarn about his time in the Namib Desert or the Antarctic.

 

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