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
My pal Pete Bromwich caught the sailing and boat building bug some time ago – and has kindly sent me some photos of the the boats attending the Yarmouth Old Gaffers Festival (YOGAFF) last weekend. I think it’s a particular pleasure to learn that old pals you haven’t seen for a while have taken up one’s … Continue reading “Yarmouth Old Gaffer Festival – Pete Bromwich takes a harbour stroll”
Ocean Pearl raced in the Round the Island Race gaffer class – and won Emsworth-based boatbuilder and Intheboatshed.net reader Nick Gates has written into report that his fifie Ocean Pearl has won the gaffer division 1 class in the Round the Island Race this year. (I call Ocean Peal a fifie, but her upright stem … Continue reading “Fifie Ocean Pearl has won the Round the Island Race gaffer class”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The gifted Dylan Winter has excelled himself this time with his latest short YouTube video series Keep Turning Left. In this one he drools over a series of gaff-rigged yachts and smacks, and praises the English for their amazing reasonableness. Hopefully someone, somewhere will one day have the vision to commission him to … Continue reading “Dylan Winter on gaffers and smacks”
