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
Ocean Pearl raced in the Round the Island Race gaffer class – and won Emsworth-based boatbuilder and Intheboatshed.net reader Nick Gates has written into report that his fifie Ocean Pearl has won the gaffer division 1 class in the Round the Island Race this year. (I call Ocean Peal a fifie, but her upright stem … Continue reading “Fifie Ocean Pearl has won the Round the Island Race gaffer class”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Regular visitors will remember I recently put up a photo of Nick Gates’ boat Ocean Pearl, which he believed to be a zulu skiff because of her vertical stem and raked stern. I must say that I thought the same – and was very pleased to be able to publish a photo of … Continue reading “Ocean Pearl – zulu, fifie or baldie? Scots fishing boat expert Jay Cresswell explains”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] We’ve received this informative email from Nick Gates, the guy who restored the small zulu we featured in an earlier post. ‘Just been sent the link to your site by a friend. Very enjoyable! Glad to see our boat Ocean Pearl featured. The jury is out as to her correct type. Mike Smylie … Continue reading “A second look at the small zulu Ocean Pearl restored by Nick Gates”