Ultrasimple Boatbuilding is now on sale!

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The book that has filled my life for the last 18 months is finally published. Naturally, I think about this event in much the same was as I would regard having to gybe in a strong wind – but there’s no going back now. Having done the best I can to make sure everything’s as tight and ship-shape as can be, I’ll just have to grit my teeth, pray the book gets a favourable reception, duck my head and concentrate on following the best course out of the gybe.

Readers might be interested the blurb published by Amazon, and presumably provided by International Marine. I hope the book and I live up to it!

Ultrasimple Boat Building (Paperback) by Gavin Atkin

The first complete how-to guide for building the latest generation of quick and easy boats

In Ultrasimple Boatbuilding, renowned designer Gavin Atkin shows you how to create elegant, seaworthy plywood boats with a minimum of time, experience, and expense. Using clearly written and illustrated step-by-step instructions, Atkin explains the basics of stitch-and-glue construction, tools, materials, shop safety, and more, as he helps you choose and build the simple boat of your dreams.

Gavin Atkin is known around the world for his minimalist boat designs. His award-winning creations, including the celebrated Mouse, have been built by countless boat enthusiasts.

Buy it here: Ultrasimple Boat Building: 17 Plywood Boats Anyone Can Build

More of Nick Smith’s handsome clinker-built launches

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Steam launch Puffin built by Nick Smith at Steam Boat Association rally 2007

Steam launch Puffin built by Nick Smith at Steam Boat Association rally 2007 Clinker-built 12ft 6in small motor launch by traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith for saleClinker-built 12ft 6in small motor launch by traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith for sale

Clinker-built 12ft 6in small motor launch by traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith for sale Clinker-built 12ft 6in small motor launch by traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith for sale

Two photos of Puffin on a grand day out with the Steam Boat Association and a new small motor launch both built by Nick Smith

Traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith has sent some more shots for our entertainment.

The first two shots of Puffin and other small steamers are from the Steam Boat Association rally at Bucklers Hard, near Beaulieu, a few weeks ago.

The little 12ft 6in mahogany runabout on the stocks in these photos is nearly finished and is now for sale – get onto Nick via the WBTA site now if you’d like to buy her!

Tell us about your traditional or traditionally-derived boat. Email me at gmatkin@gmail.com!

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s collection of hundred-year old yacht racing photos

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Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s hundred-year old yacht racing photos

Moonbeam as depicted in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 658, November, 1903. Photo is by Kirk & Son of Cowes. Jeff points out that the sides of the cockpit are rolled. I’m not quite convinced – I think there may be a tender on the port side, and a rolled-up sail on the starboard.

Double-click on all the photos for a larger, clearer image.

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s hundred-year old yacht racing photos

Tutty and Nevada battle it out in a photo from a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 556, December 1901. Photo is by West & Son of Southsea.

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s hundred-year old yacht racing photos

Gleniffer. There’s no attribution but the image is a Photomezzotype,and was probably taken before 1895. St Andrew’s flag flies on the forepeak. She looks new, says Jeff, even in this old picture.

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s collection of hundred-year old yacht racing photos

Iverna. Again, there’s attribution to show who took the shot. Jeff says that he thinks she is carved and gilded under the bowsprit, and adds that she’s also an interesting hull shape with lots of room inside.

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s splendid collection of hundred-year old yacht racing photos

Colombine, winner of the Emperor’s Cup, 1900. This photo appears in a supplement to The Yachtsman, No. 489, August 1900. The photo is by W U Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

A bonus photo tonight, but as yet with no information. This is Heartsease:

Another instalment of Jeff Cole’s collection of hundred-year old yacht racing photos

For more of Jeff Cole’s amazing collection, follow this link:
http://intheboatshed.net/?s=cole