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
Sailing yachts used for cruising, or as cruiser-racers.
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”
 
Photos provided by the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
Look closely at these shots – don’t you just want to be there?
Portsoy is clearly the place to be at the end of June, when the annual Scottish Traditional Boat Festival returns to town from Friday 29th to the 1st July. This year’s festival will also see the finale of the Continue reading “Portsoy Festival 2007”
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