John Waugh (boatbuilder)

John Waugh (1945-2018) was noted by Forbes Magazine as South Africa's leading builder of rowing boats.

[1] Arthur John Barrow Waugh was born in Cape Town in 1945, but spent his childhood growing up on a rural farm in Mwinilunga, Zambia.

Initially these were hand built wooden boats but later evolved to modern high tech aerospace composite materials including kevlar, carbon fibre and honeycomb and ranged from singles through to eights.

[1] As an example of his work, John's own hand made wooden single remains on display at St. Alban's College Pretoria, where both his sons were educated.

[4] The South African "John Waugh Rock the Boat" rowing regatta series, initiated by South African Gold Medal Rowing Olympians James Thompson and Matthew Brittain, also carries Waugh's name.