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
Oaracle photographed by Bill Turnbull
Gary Blankenship’s report of how he and Noel Hill raced in the Watertribe Challenge in a boat built to Jim Michalak’s lightweight Frolic 2 balanced lugger design – and came fourth!
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The North American magazine Good Old Boat has a cool article online by Ted Brewer about alternative sailing rigs and their development.
Here’s a short but telling excerpt: Continue reading “Understanding alternative sailing rigs”
Before and after Coralie’s sheerline was restored
I was intrigued by these photos at the Classic Sailboats website showing how Coralie, a William Fife III designed Conway One Design got her sheer back during her restoration. The boat’s sheer had hogged and flattened over the years, due I’d guess to the effects of gravity, and so once her deck was off, the Classic Sailboats folks had a chance to get her back into shape. The effect of restoring her subtle sheerline is dramatic, as I’m sure you’ll agree.