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Professional and amateur boat builders and restorers
Devonport, Plymouth boatbuilders Stirling & Son are hiring skilled traditional shipwrights experienced in wooden boatbuilding and repair…
They’re based at the wonderful No 1 covered slip – which is said to be the oldest remaining covered slipway in any royal dockyard. It’s also the one with the famous statue of King Billy looking out over the water.
Check out the company’s website and posts about their projects here on Intheboatshed.net.
Stunning 1880s bateau Barbashela is back on the water – see an earlier Intheboatshed post about her.
The bateau was designed by Captain Thomas P Leathers of Kentucky, who is remembered for owning and commanding the steamboat Natchez, and for losing a dramatic race against the steamboat Robert E Lee commanded by Capt. JW Cannon in 1870.
Barbashela was a gift to Varina Anne ‘Winnie’ Davis of Biloxi, Mississippi, and the skiff was rowed on Oyster Bayou.
The plan is that the restored boat will be returned to the bayous in the Biloxi area.
PS – Weblogger ‘Clark’ reports that offsets and a materials list for the bateau have been completed up, and that drawings are to be available in the near future. So if you admire her, you could build your very own Barbashela. Thanks Clark!
My heavens! And – a great bonus – there’s no need to warn anyone to turn the sound down!
And there’s this. Well, maybe it’s not terribly successful, but it’s definitely fun…