Ben Crawshaw’s Light Trow makes a mysterious journey

Trow sub frames

Ben’s deck-support sub frames

Well, I think it’s mysterious. First he works by lamplight. Then we see all the deck subframes in place (hoorah, by the way). Then there’s a photo of a bug so strange it’s clearly an extra from a Dr Who set. (I must say I enjoyed the Daleks’ Pig-people this week, by the way.) Then we see the boat sitting under a cafe parasol, presumably sipping a quiet daiquiri. Can anyone guess what our beach-boat-building hero Ben Crawshaw is telling us?

He’s doing a nice looking job, though, isn’t he? And, praise be, he hasn’t made any serious changes to the design that I can see. The prototype Light Trow is going to be the real thing.

Ben Crawshaw’s Invisible Workshop weblog: http://theinvisibleworkshop.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-photos.html

Download the Light Trow plans: http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/gavin/lighttrow/trow.zip

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Practical Boat Building for Amateurs – Chapter 7

Finally, Chapter 7 discusses the Canadian bateau, a canvas canoe and the canvas American shooting punt. I’ve also included the index, and a wonderful set of adverts, which appear to set the date of this edition of Practical Boat Building for Amateurs as 1889.

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Practical Boat Building for Amateurs – Chapter 6

Chapter 6 describes a contender for the perfect beach cruiser – in this case a carvel-built 15-footer that in construction terms has much in common with a canoe of the time.

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