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Boat Building Academy principal Yvonne Green has sent us a final set of photos from the student launch day down in Lyme back in December, this time showing a 12ft glued clinker stem dinghy built by Joe Blathwayt.
Joe, a former architect, has moved to Lyme and wanted a fun beach and sea angling boat with an outboard, and so he built his dinghy on a course at the Academy. The lines were taken from a 40-year old 10’ stem dinghy, and then adapted for the new purpose.
Now he’s based at Lyme, I gather Joe plans to combine working on boats and undertaking architectural projects.
Yvonne comments: ‘We started a new 38-week course today. It’s always interesting to see the different mix of people who come to us.
‘We showed them photos of the launch and the boats and told them that’s where they would be 38 weeks from now. The news was greeted with some disbelief… ‘
PS Don’t forget to ask for a pdf copy of the Academy’s prospectus for the coming year, as it makes interesting reading. Email Yvonne at office@boatbuildingacademy.com and I’m sure she’ll send you a copy.
