Mark Edwards is a traditional boatbuilder based at Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey

Surrey

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, England

England

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. He has constructed several significant reproductions of vintage boats.

Edwards has built and maintained a variety of watercraft

Watercraft

A watercraft is a vessel or craft designed to move across or through water. The name is derived from the term "craft" which was used to describe all types of water going vessels...

 over the years including Thames skiff

Thames skiff

A Thames skiff is a traditional River Thames wooden rowing boat used for the activity of Skiffing. These boats evolved from Thames wherries in the Victorian era to meet a passion for river exploration and leisure outings on the water.-Construction of a skiff:...

s, punts

Punt (boat)

A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole...

, shallops, cutters, and wherries

Wherry

A wherry is a type of boat that was traditionally used for carrying cargo or passengers on rivers and canals in England, and is particularly associated with the River Thames and also with the Broadland rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk. London passenger wherries evolved into the Thames skiff, a...

. However he is noted for three particular builds.

• In 2002 he built an eight-oared shallop, the Jubilant, to celebrate the Queen’s Golden jubilee
  Golden Jubilee
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• In 2002 he built a wooden submarine
  Submarine
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   based on the original 17th century version by Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel. This was shown in the BBC
  BBC
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   TV programme Building the Impossible in November 2002. It was successfully tested under water with two rowers at Dorney Lake
  Dorney Lake
  Dorney Lake is a purpose-built rowing lake in the United Kingdom. It is located at grid reference near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and near the towns of Windsor and Eton, close to the River Thames. The lake is privately owned and financed by Eton College, who have spent £17 million...
  
  . Legal considerations prevented its use on the River Thames
  River Thames
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   itself.

• In 2004 he built two replicas of the original boats used in the 1829 Boat Race. These were raced by former members of Oxford and Cambridge crews over the original course at Henley and prior to the 2004 Boat race from Putney
  Putney
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