Gavin Atkin's weblog for the sort of people who like looking inside boat sheds. It's about old boats, traditional boats, boat building, restoration, the sea and the North Kent Coast
Dutch sailmaker and weblogger Frank van Zoest (see earlier posts) has sent over this rather fetching photo. Here’s what he says: Hi Gavin, This picture was sent by an friendly customer. The boat isbased on a fishing boat from the Zuiderzee, the Staverse Jol. It was built by Bart Jan Bats, who also builds the BJ 17, a fine lugger … Continue reading “Small sailing cruiser modelled on a Zuiderzee fishing boat”
Here’s another video sent over by Frank van Zoest. (Click to see the previous one here – it’s really rather popular!) It was shot while sailing on the Lauwersmeer: ‘We met Ijsduiker, designed and built by Rob Bouma, at the helm, in aluminium. ‘Rob has also built also several Caledonia Yawls and Tirriks designed by … Continue reading “IJsduiker sailing on Lauwersmeer”
Frank van Zoest has sent over these videos of charter boats racing at the end of the chartering season. He says the boats are around 100 years old and usually in their third life. The videos came to him via his son. He explains that early in their working lives they were sailing freighters, and … Continue reading “Videos of Dutch charter boats racing at the end of their season”