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Latest posts at intheboatshed.net

Before the Mast – does anyone know of a copy of this film?
Half-decked Nick Smith motor launch for sale
Further progress on the new traditional fishing boat
Farewell Topsails – 1937 film about the late era of working West Country topsail schooners
The amazing voyage of Cleopatra’s Needle
Inverloch Classic Dinghy Regatta 2023
Outstanding small boat adventurer Howard Rice tells his story for the Dinghy Cruising Association
Video: fisherman Johnny Doughty leads a rollocking Rye pub singalong – and big changes in boatbuilding
The Medway from Butcher’s Basin to Sheerness in 1938
Cobles explained, by an old TV programme

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Richard Fox on Legendary 12 Metre racing yacht Flica restoration project now online
Richard Fox on Legendary 12 Metre racing yacht Flica restoration project now online
Alan Harding on A tale of three Halcyons
OceanproboatInspection on John Welsford’s Pilgrim – by the man himself

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