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
Modern and plywood boatbuilding and plans
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The Sea Babe motor launch – a William D Jackson period classic motor launch at the Svenson free plans website
I just love the period features of this home-buildable little Jackson motor launch design- check out the broken sheerline, the dramatic tumblehome at the stern, and the laid deck, doubtless under a heavy layer of gleaming varnish.
http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=CabinCruisers/SeaBabe
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Duckworks Magazine’s monthly bulletin linked to an intheboatshed.net reference to Joe Dobler yesterday, and I’d like to repay the compliment.
For years now, Duckworks Magazine editor Chuck Leinweber has maintained a steady stream of fascinating posts about boats and boating, mainly concerning small boats and in particular home-built boats and occasionally restored older craft.
What makes it stand out is that it’s a real miscellany, and that it’s made up of so many obviously genuine stories about real people. Some of the material is inspirational stuff about building and cruising small boats, but you can also find tutorials on how to perform particular tasks and dire warnings about how to avoid repeating someone’s mistake.
If you’re inspired to get into building small boats, I think it’s essential reading – as is Duckworksmagazine’s sister site Duckworks Boat Builders Supply. A good place to start might be the Duckworks BBS plans page.
Duckworksmagazine: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com
Duckworks Boat Builder’s Supply http://www.duckworksbbs.com/
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A Mouseboat doing what it does best – providing a light, easy to build and stable platform for a kid learning to use a boat, though it has to be said that they’re also popular with adults. This one was built by John Hellwig. I must say the skiff in the background looks very fine. Could it be a Whisp, like the one the Slipway Collective were selling recently?
My Mouseboat design for a small boat for kids has earned a mention on the Wikipedia!
This is a long way off topic for intheboatshed.net, but I had to report the news nevertheless, and who knows – a few people who drop by here might be interested in building a little stitch and glue paddler that’s eminently suitable as a first boatbuilding project and is a lot of fun to use by everyone from five or six years upwards, so long as they don’t weigh much more than 200lbs.
Small enough to be built on many people’s kitchen tables, it props out of the way under any 8ft garage roof and it’s also light enough to be carried and roofracked by an adult. She’s a plain little puppy, it has to be said, but I don’t think anyone could regret building a Mouseboat, and getting on for 200 people have done so.
There’s a rowable version also at the Yahoogroup devoted to Mouseboats, by the way, and various sailing and flat-bottomed developments.
Here’s the Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitch_and_glue
And here’s a link for the Mouseboats Yahoogroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mouseboats/