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The National Maritime Museum Cornwall is putting on a new exhibition of twelve original watercolours and seven prints of Cornwall and Devon working craft by Ian Heard.
The show, which runs from 3rd April, includes a newly commissioned painting of a 19th century Gorran Haven Crabber currently being built in Fowey, and based on the only remaining craft of her type. The painting will be Continue reading “Ian Heard watercolours and prints at NMM Cornwall”
Phoenix III; Albert Strange Association; George Cockshott’s International 12
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Flying 25
Uffa Fox fans – and there are still quite a few here in the UK – may be interested to know that someone’s building a Flying 25 down in Australia – click here to see a page featuring the project. They seem to be working in modern materials and from the small drawing above the rig is to have a few modern additions, but it makes you think, doesn’t it?
Apparently, there’s a legend that the first of these boats to be built went so fast that Continue reading “Uffa Fox’s Flying 25”