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
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Water Craft is a great magazine – subscribe now The Beale Park Boat Show, the annual Amateur Boatbuilding Competition and the true story of the near death and new life of the Cornish Crabbers company all feature in the September/October issue of Water Craft. I should remind readers that The Most Innovative Home-Made … Continue reading “The latest Water Craft is about to appear”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] HBBR’s raiders on the Thames I’m grateful to UK Home Built Boat Rally stalwart and top class lapstrake boatbuilder Chris Perkins for sending me these photos of fellow members on their raid, making their way from Lechlade to Beale Park for the Beale Park Thames Boat Show. The shots include one of Chris … Continue reading “HBBR heroes on their way to Beale Park”
Nick Paull’s Hazy Days, winner of the ‘most professional’ category of the 2009 Water Craft boatbuilding competition. It was built to Steve Killing’s Prospector Canadian canoe. Click on the photos for much larger images Mike Wooldridge’s Puddle Duck, victor in the ‘home made boat most likely to encourage beginners’ category’. It was built to the … Continue reading “Water Craft boatbuilding comp winners 2009”