Comments on: Don’t miss Watchet Boat Museum http://intheboatshed.net/2006/12/06/dont-miss-watchet-boat-museum/ A weblog about great boats, boatbuilding and restoration. And sheds, of course! Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:46:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Gavin Atkin http://intheboatshed.net/2006/12/06/dont-miss-watchet-boat-museum/#comment-344 Gavin Atkin Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:32:58 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=84#comment-344 You'd have to ask the WBM people - they've certainly got some nice flatner lore in their researches, though I think we're talking long pamphlet rather than short book. I think that sailing a flatner on that particular coast without an engine is a rather hair-shirt activity, and I believe I've heard that Tony James the builder and owner of Yankee Jack doesn't sail his flatner any more and has moved on to a little trailer-sailer. If you like eccentric British flat-bottomed boats, check up on the Fleet trow also... Gav You’d have to ask the WBM people - they’ve certainly got some nice flatner lore in their researches, though I think we’re talking long pamphlet rather than short book.

I think that sailing a flatner on that particular coast without an engine is a rather hair-shirt activity, and I believe I’ve heard that Tony James the builder and owner of Yankee Jack doesn’t sail his flatner any more and has moved on to a little trailer-sailer.

If you like eccentric British flat-bottomed boats, check up on the Fleet trow also…

Gav

]]> By: Graeme http://intheboatshed.net/2006/12/06/dont-miss-watchet-boat-museum/#comment-343 Graeme Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:31:22 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=84#comment-343 I love these... boats I never heard of before. This story got me wondering! I posted some of that here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DoryBoat/message/1079 There has to be a good book's worth in the flatner, dont you think? Cheers Graeme I love these… boats I never heard of before. This story got me wondering! I posted some of that here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DoryBoat/message/1079

There has to be a good book’s worth in the flatner, dont you think?

Cheers
Graeme

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