Tag Archives: folk

Thames double skiff for sale

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Gavin Atkin

[ad#intheboatshed-post] I fouled up badly at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show: my mistake was to believe the weather forecast and went to the show on the day it rained most. On the following day it was supposed to rain … Continue reading →

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The Albert Strange Association offers a grand day out, sailing by barge from Maldon

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Gavin Atkin

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Wyvenhoe The Albert Strange Association folks have had a brilliant idea for their annual meet – offering those who are interested the grandest of grand days out. They’re offering up to 12 interested souls a day’s sailing aboard their … Continue reading →

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Three score and ten – the greatest fishing disaster ballad

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Gavin Atkin

The chilling engraving The Storm by William Miller after Van de Velde, published in 1858, taken from the Wikimedia. They’re not English East Coast fishing smacks, but sadly I haven’t been able to find a suitable engraving from the correct … Continue reading →

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