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On the subject of the BBA, have you noticed that the Academy has released offsets for the cute 12ft glued clinker Fleet trow that students built and launched last year? Get the offsets here. Thanks BBA! If you build one, please let me know at gmatkin@gmail.com .
The folks at the Boat Building Academy have kindly made the offsets available for the cute little Fleet trow some of its students built during their long course last year. For the offsets laid out in a pdf, and more pictures of the handy, easily built little boat, click here and go to the bottom … Continue reading “Offsets for building the 12ft BBA Fleet trow now available”
Every spring and autumn, the Boat Building Academy folks send over some photos and a few words about their student’s launches. The shots above were taken by Jenny Steer and Derek Thompson, so my thanks to them and to the Academy. Here’s what they have to say about the first boat launched at the BBA launch on the 3rd … Continue reading “BBA students build and launch Fleet Trow”