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
Off to our sailing club at Hollowshore near Faversham today for a boat jumble. It turned out to be a good way to make use of the day, and sociable too, for the club is about as friendly as it’s possible to be.
The picture of my Julie loaded with the clobber we bought rather tells Continue reading “A wet Sunday in winter”
Earlier tonight I put up a post about the Watertribe Challenge, which I find fascinating but which isn’t what this weblog is supposed to be about – for one thing there are no old boats, no brave souls working on old boats and it’s all on the other side of the pond.
So to make up for my irresponsible behaviour, here are a couple of photos of a rather nice and heroically heavily built Breton fishing boat on regatta day at La Roche Bernard in Brittany, and a bonus photo of a youngster sculling a tender. At the time it inspired me to design a small boat I thought would be suitable for my own son, but now I notice that it also shows details of a collection of very interesting boats attracted by the event. Some day I may dig out some more photos from that day.
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Watertribe images from Chuck Leinweber and Bill Turnbull
This is the time each year when I follow the progress of competitors in the Watertribe Challenge – a series of sailing, paddling and rowing race events in the waters around Florida.
I’ve been particularly interested in it in the last couple of years because there have been one or two people involved whom I’ve known personally. And like many other small boat enthusiasts, I’ve also become interested in the activities of one particular Watertribe Challenge racer called Continue reading “The astonishing Watertribe Challenge”
