Category Archives: wooden boat

An update on the OGA’s 50th anniversary round Britain trip

  Old Gaffers in action. I hope they won’t mind me saying that… The latest bulletin from the Old Gaffers Round Britain Challenge 10 UK and seven Dutch boats under way are now scattered along the south coast with the … Continue reading

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National Historic Ships network Shipshape East Anglia meets for the first time at Lowestoft

Shipshape East Anglia members network at the International Boatbuilding Training College, Lowestoft Over 40 boatbuilders, historic vessel owners, suppliers and trainees met as a group earlier this month for the first time at a meeting organised by the Shipshape Network … Continue reading

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The story of how White Moth got her new steel keel – in pictures

Norfolk film maker Jonno of Big Sky Productions has written up the process of installing on new keel to the underside of the magnificent White Moth, a Norfolk wherry built for pleasure purposes in 1915. It all started with propping the … Continue reading

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