Lithograph of the original 1851 America’s Cup champion yacht America. Click here for a site about the America – it’s written in German but has some small-ish drawings and photos
Paul Austin of Dallas, Texas, has written an essay for Duckworksmagazine shooting down British theories about way America won, and draws two conclusions from her career. The first concerns her lines and the second the way her subsequent owners failed to care for it.
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Thames barges on the Blackwater – one of the first photos to appear at intheboatshed.net
It feels a little funny when I think of it, but some time in the next two or three days in the boatshed.net will rack up its first half million hits.
Those with long memories will recall that this weblog began in a very small way at the end of 2006, and benefited early on from the support of various weblogs and online magazines, most notably Chuck Leinweber’s Duckworks Magazineand Tim Shaw’s Chineblog.
Ben Crawshaw’s wonderful The Invisible Workshop followed as did Chris Partridge’s Rowing for Pleasure, and so did a host more I won’t mention just now because if I do this post will become too huge for words.
We’re now all part of a community of interconnecting weblogs and online magazines, and I’m grateful to all of them both for their assistance in helping readers find their way here, and for the entertainment and interest they have given us in our household. If you come to this site and happen to land on this post, therefore, I’d like to suggest you take a little time to explore the sites and weblogs, as well as the rest of the intheboatshed.net blogroll.
But I have another request: please send me pictures and stories that you’d like to share! We’re particularly interested in old boats, traditionally built boats whether old or new, in boats that bear the influences of the past, in the history and culture of boating, in influential individuals and in alternative ways of enjoying boating rooted in the past. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a proud owner or not, or a boat builder or other boat related craftsman, or even if you simply have something interesting to sell. And the occasional story about a boat-related shed doesn’t go amiss either!
Finally, I’d like to pay tribute to my family and wife Julie, who has shown immense understanding and enthusiasm over a long period. I know that I’ve been very lucky to have their support and I hope they feel the result justifies the effort and time that goes into the inthboatshed.net project.
Reach me either at gmatkin@gmail.com or by using the intheboatshed.net contact page, which you can get to using the page tab above the title line.
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I think this video of my friend Chuck Leinweber of Duckworks using the Scullmatix is an impressive demonstration of a clever device that will be useful for many of us who use small boats, even up to medium-sized yachts.
I’ve been a little sceptical in the past, but having seen it in action I’m now pretty sure I want to try one – this thing clearly sculls rather better than I can.
Read all about Guy Capra’s invention at Duckworks.
Boatbuilders, restorers, designers, insurers, chandlers and anyone else supplying the boating community - would you like more than 30,000 unique users to see your ad each month?That's how many people you would reach in 30 days if you placed your ad here, thanks to intheboatshed.net's great content. We're cruising to our millionth hit and our rates are VERY reasonable. Email us at gmatkin@gmail.com for more information.
