Category: Events

Events such as historical events, races, exhibitions, processions, regattas and so on.

Steam launches at the Beale Park Boat Show

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I’m sorry – it’s hopelessly ungentlemanly of me, but I’ve forgotten her name and lost the photo of the information board . If anyone can help, could they please use the comment button below or email me at the address at the top of the right-hand column?

Beale Park steam launch

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The lovely Elidir

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Steam launch by boatbuilder Nick Smith

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Many people’s favourite – the beautifully restored and kept Consuta

I’m sorry everyone – while I managed to retrieve many of my photos from the Beale Park Boat Show, I’m afraid I seem to have lost the photos I took of the information boards of two of the delicious steam launches on show this year. If anyone can help out with the necessary information, I hope they will contact me.

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A pilot gig at the Beale Park Boat Show

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Pilot gig made by the Slipway Cooperative. Click on the images for a nice big photo!

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Lines of the grandma of all racing pilot gigs, Trefry

Someone at the Wooden Boat Forum asked to see photos of the half-built racing pilot gig on show at the Beale Park Boat Show, so here are a few I took. Dig those neatly joggled ribs!

Pilot gigs are all built to the same lines as the venerable Trefry, which was built in 1838 and is still rowed today. The draughtsman appears to have spelt the old girl’s name differently to most people, so there’s no need for you lot to pick me up on that one!

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A rare Uffa Fox Flying 10 at Beale Park

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Uffa Fox’s Flying 10

I’ve managed to recover my photos from the Beale Park Boat Show a few weeks ago, and to celebrate this small miracle I thought I’d show you these shots of a sweet little Flying 10 racing keelboat designed by Uffa Fox.

Curiously for such a rare and precious craft, there was nothing to say what it was and its history, and nothing at all to indicate who owned her of who had brought her to the show. It’s probably a blessing for the person concerned, for if I’d been able to find them, they would probably have been subjected to a blizzard of questions. Nevertheless, if anyone can add some more information I’d be very grateful to hear from them please!

The little boat’s dimensions are striking: length overall 14ft; beam 3ft 11in; draught 1ft 6in; waterline length 10ft. My guess is that he intended her as a teenager’s racer, but I fear the cost of making a keelboat like this would have been too high to create a large market, and so this sweet little boat remains a rarity.

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