Jane Anne is an ocean-going ketch designed by Alan Pape. She is 45ft. long, excluding bowsprit. She will take 6 people anywhere in the world in comfort and safety.

We supervised the building of her steel hull and did all the fitting out, including the installation of engines, interior woodwork and furnishings, electronics, masts, sails, etc.

She has proved to be a superb yacht with many long-distance voyages now under her keel.

After a long project working for Oracle UK, we decided to use the detail knowledge of the Oracle product set that we had acquired to write a book. It aims to provide the reader with the practical skills needed to start devloping Oracle-based applications.

Published by Addison Wesley it has sold extremely well. A second edition is in preparation.

More of a personal project really, this one. Doing our bit to re-cycle old cars, we took the engine, suspension and other components of a retired Ford Sierra that had failed its roadworthiness tests and built them into a new chassis and bodywork to make a lovely old-fashioned sports car.

Loosely modelled on a pre-war Alfa Romeo, the Marlin has all the style of a traditional sports car with the convenience and reliability of modern mechanical components.

With a 2-litre engine in a light body, it goes like the clappers.