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The youngsters on Faversham Creek Trust’s annual Boat Camp programme have this year built a couple of two-handed Julie skiffs. Here’s one of them in action on the creek in a good headwind: I’d say they were doing well despite their lack of rowing experience, and that the boat was doing well also. Plans for … Continue reading “A two-handed Julie skiff on Faversham Creek”
https://vimeo.com/302147218 I think this speaks for itself. Plans for the Julie skiff are available from the plans page of this website.
One of the skiffs built by school children at Faversham being powered along by an electric outboard. The skiffs are built at Faversham Creek Trust’s Boat Camp to free plans available from Intheboatshed.net The skiffs were built under the tutelage of local boatbuilder Alan Thorne, who is also a supplier for electric outboards, folding RIBs … Continue reading “Faversham Creek: a Julie skiff whizzes along powered by an electric outboard”