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
Flying 25
Uffa Fox fans – and there are still quite a few here in the UK – may be interested to know that someone’s building a Flying 25 down in Australia – click here to see a page featuring the project. They seem to be working in modern materials and from the small drawing above the rig is to have a few modern additions, but it makes you think, doesn’t it?
Apparently, there’s a legend that the first of these boats to be built went so fast that Continue reading “Uffa Fox’s Flying 25”
I found these instructions for making a sail for a canoe in an old book. I’ve no idea how old the information might be, but it’s too good to leave lying about in an old cupboard – and so I’ve scanned them.
I’m sure someone will find them very useful!
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Thumbnail images from the Albert Strange Association website
Dick Wynne of the Albert Strange Association has emailed to say that the ASA has a new website.
This is a busy, active society and the site has lots of content to read and many photos of boats well worth our admiration. A few members own Albert Strange boats or works of art, but I gather the key requirement for membership is Continue reading “A new website for the Albert Strange Association”
