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Photographer Ellen Tynan in Egypt

Photographer Ellen Tynan has some impressive sets of photographs on Flickr – the photos in this collection set one thinking about the boats and people they depict, and are also a powerful reminder that there’s more to present-day Egypt than tourism and dreadful political troubles.

Here she is photographing currachs and hookers on the coast of Ireland, and here capturing the fishermen of Huanchaco, Peru, working from reed canoes.

My thanks to Tim Shaw of the weblog ChineBlog for leading me to her work.

Mingary in the water following a hull rebuild

Mingaray

 

The 1929 Alfred Mylne designed yacht Mingary has been relaunched following what Will Stirling of Stirling and Son describes as a very efficient and organised hull rebuild by her owner Christian Scheitdmann.

Will took part in the work, which was was carried out in a farm building in North Germany, with back up the Moderstiski Traditional Shipyard in Maasholm which has been in the same family for over 150 years.

The photos are gorgeous, but be warned – take care what you do with them as the contact page includes a few threats. And you might want to turn the volume down on your computer…

There are three YouTubes about this project on an earlier Intheboatshed.net post.

My thanks to Will for letting me know about this one!

 

Blue-water sailers Susan and Eric Hiscock 1963 film

Beyond the West Horizon

There was a time when sailing appeared on prime-time TV, or something close to it, and here’s the proof – a trailer for a 1963 film made by blue-water sailing husband and wife team Susan and Eric Hiscock. It’s available on the Sailingchannel.tv website.

My thanks to Andrew Craig-Bennet for pointing this out via Facebook.

Yes… people really did speak very differently in those days!