Month: March 2007

Slick new website for the Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association

The Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association has set up a slick new website, http://www.wbta.co.uk , that’s far easier to navigate than the old site, looks a lot better, and includes an easy to use list of members and their websites.

Although it hasn’t got a great deal of content yet, it promises some nice new features, including a quarterly newsletter Soundings. I’ve already signed up for it, and look forward to learning more.

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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

I’ve been looking at the Dixon-Price Publishing catalogue after receiving a nice email from the brains behind the outfit, Kendall Hanson. I think there are two books that probably deserve particular attention – and which I would certainly like to read myself.

The first is A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe, the first groundbreaking book by the father of modern kayaking and canoe camping, John MacGregor.

MacGregor sails and paddles alone in a double-ended canoe on the lakes and rivers of Continue reading “A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe”

Ben Crawshaw’s Light Trow makes more progress

Light Trow progress 16th March

I have another reason to be delighted today (yesterday’s news was good too), as Ben Crawshaw has reported some great progress on his Light Trow at The Invisible Workshop.

Once again, I have to say that it looks as if he’s making a very nice job of her. If you visit, please leave a message of encouragement, as I think he deserves it!