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
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Here’s one for the plywood boatbuilders among us. This is Nexus Marine in Washington USA, building American designer Phil Bolger’s Black Skimmer, which remains one of my favourite designs. I’m not alone, for I gather Continue reading “Black Skimmer under construction”
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Waterwitch Billentot seen in Whitby harbour
Waterwitch is the big sister to Maurice Griffiths’ famous shoal draft Eventide design. If you can forgive her boxy hull, I think she makes a good family cruiser, with her inboard rig and triple keel – some might even manage to live on board all year round. I noticed the one pictured above in Whitby harbour during the regatta and talked with the owner, who told me Continue reading “Maurice Griffiths’ Waterwitch”
