Comments on: Some ancient photos of famous old boats http://intheboatshed.net/2008/09/02/some-ancient-photos-of-famous-old-boats/ Gavin Atkin's weblog about great boats, boatbuilding and restoration Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Gavin Atkin http://intheboatshed.net/2008/09/02/some-ancient-photos-of-famous-old-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-15438 Gavin Atkin Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:49:11 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=3399#comment-15438 Chris - Voss's book can be found in second-hand bookshops and is a good read. I'd lend you my copy if I could find the thing. Did you know she was rescued from some Essex marshes just a few years ago before being restored to her current condition? Jeff - Yes, it was very low, as befits a long low boat without much of a keel. He really did prove the value of his patent sea anchor, didn't he? Gav Chris -

Voss’s book can be found in second-hand bookshops and is a good read. I’d lend you my copy if I could find the thing. Did you know she was rescued from some Essex marshes just a few years ago before being restored to her current condition?

Jeff - Yes, it was very low, as befits a long low boat without much of a keel. He really did prove the value of his patent sea anchor, didn’t he?

Gav

]]> By: Chris Partridge http://intheboatshed.net/2008/09/02/some-ancient-photos-of-famous-old-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-15436 Chris Partridge Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:41:18 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=3399#comment-15436 Just love the 'Tilikum', and agog that someone would sail a dugout canoe halfway round the world. There's a great history of the event at http://www.telusplanet.net/public/albear1/thetilikum.html. Chris Just love the ‘Tilikum’, and agog that someone would sail a dugout canoe halfway round the world. There’s a great history of the event at http://www.telusplanet.net/public/albear1/thetilikum.html.
Chris

]]> By: jeff cole http://intheboatshed.net/2008/09/02/some-ancient-photos-of-famous-old-boats/comment-page-1/#comment-15431 jeff cole Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:45:54 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=3399#comment-15431 Such great shot Gavin, just the sort I like! That's the best pic of Tilicum I've seen. I hadn't realised it had such a low rig. I bet she rolled badly in any sea. I note the Lowestoft trawlers seem to have their auxiliary engines going. It looks like there's a race of sorts going on. On the nearest Cornish lugger, do you think that is a woman in a dress standing aft looking astern? Thanks for the pics, the rig details are very clear and you can see where pleasure yacht rigs developed from. Of course many of the professional crews would have been drawn from these fishermen. Jeff Such great shot Gavin, just the sort I like! That’s the best pic of Tilicum I’ve seen. I hadn’t realised it had such a low rig. I bet she rolled badly in any sea. I note the Lowestoft trawlers seem to have their auxiliary engines going. It looks like there’s a race of sorts going on. On the nearest Cornish lugger, do you think that is a woman in a dress standing aft looking astern?
Thanks for the pics, the rig details are very clear and you can see where pleasure yacht rigs developed from. Of course many of the professional crews would have been drawn from these fishermen.
Jeff

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