May24
Gavin Atkin
24-ft Truro River oyster dredger Softwing at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Visitors to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall this summer can take 90-minute cruises around Carrick Roads and the Fal estuary aboard Softwing, a 24-ft traditional Truro River oyster dredger.
Designed to be operated by one man, Softwing was built at Yard Point, Penpol Creek in 1900 by Frank Hitchens. A working boat for sixty years, she was first Continue Reading »
Boatbuilders and restorers, Locations, River boats, Working boats
May23
Gavin Atkin
Beth
It seems to me it was at least ten years ago that Mike Storer’s Beth lug-rigged yawl sailing canoe design first caught my interest, but maybe it’s just that I’ve thought often about the design and my shaky memory is just playing its tricks again.
Influenced by racing sailing canoes of the 1890s, the Beth is a design that should interest anyone with a yen for a boat that is simple in form and easy and cheap to build, while offering real sailing performance.
Before going any further, however, I should warn you that Continue Reading »
Boat plans and books of plans, Cruising yachts, Racing sailing craft, River boats, Small boats
