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From Christiana to Stockholm, 1908, pages 54 to 91: ‘Macgregor, the originator of the Rob Roy canoe, had taken his canoe from Christiana to Stockholm in 1866, but of the 470 miles of his journey he had, as a matter of fact, done only about 190 of actual canoeing, the rest was railway and steamer travelling. We decided to see if we could not make a rather better job of it…’

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Kind Win Cnoops of the Underfall Yard and the Slipway Collective has sent us some more shots of the gig Young Bristol being built - which I know will be a treat for many of you who first saw her at the Beale Park Boat Show. (See A pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show for earlier photos.)

Young Bristol is due to be launched during the Bristol Docks Regatta on Saturday July 28th at 10.30, if any of you can get down to the docks for the big event.

Actually, it will be a big event for I gather the Irish famine ship Dunbrody is due to be there, as well as the newly finished Sail Training Ship Pelican, rigged by Underfall Yard-based rigger

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Around Lake Wener, 1907, pages 30 to 53: ‘After lunch Bill started out in the Bee to see how she behaved in the heavy sea. I was not going to be beaten, so I followed, though I was horribly frightened. It was only annoyance at the thought that his boat was more seaworthy than mine that drove me to it, and I was quite convinced that I was going to disaster, but as a matter of fact I managed all right.’

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