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
A pudding, or a whisker? Pic supplied by Tim Whitten
Tim Whitten emailed today to show us this photo of a pudding he made at the end of last week. Whatever you choose to call it, it’s a pretty serious piece of line engineering. Here’s what he had to say: Continue reading “Almost certainly not the final word on puddings, fenders or whiskers…”
Jonik
Now on the pontoon at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Jonik is a 24ft (7.3m) motor launch built in Fowey in 1934 by Percy Clemens. He used silver spruce and teak to build her, and his craftsmanship is said to have been excellent – it’s sobering to think that he worked without either power tools or electric light.
Perhaps even more amazingly, Continue reading “Jonik at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall”
Finally, Chapter 7 discusses the Canadian bateau, a canvas canoe and the canvas American shooting punt. I’ve also included the index, and a wonderful set of adverts, which appear to set the date of this edition of Practical Boat Building for Amateurs as 1889.
Continue reading “Practical Boat Building for Amateurs – Chapter 7”
