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
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A link to this clip of a Pathé film about the process of making hot moulded Firefly dinghies turned up at the Yahoogroup Openboat this week. Lovely stuff!
The link itself comes from this informative but messy page of material about the Fairey Company.
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The British canal system is an astonishing web of narrow man-made waterways carrying long low-powered narrowboats that chug along at walking speed. The contrast with the pace of modern life could not be more complete, and so hiring a narrowboat makes for a great, peaceful day out or holiday.
So I thought I should link to these videos put up by Trafalgar Marine Services showing something of the canal around their base in Derbyshire. In the first, Brian McGuigan talks about his 70-year old motor narrow boat and butty, and the second provides a slightly scary time-lapse video of a run from Whaley Bridge to Buggsworth Basin. These boats don’t go this fast, let me tell you!
By the way, we last came across Trafalgar when the company’s Michael Dawson sent us an illustrated explanation of how to make a moustache or u-bow fender.
By the way, I’ve discovered this site selling old-style narrowboat and barge plans. There’s even a set for a Humber Keel! Now that might be a present idea for next Christmas!
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Thorne Luckhardt’s Chamberlain dory skiff
Read all about Thorne’s Luckhardt’s Chamberlain dory skiff restoration here – and also about his latest project, an interpretation of the John Gardner version of the fast Herreshoff-designed rowing boat built in riveted clinker ply. It’s amazing what you can find on Craig’s List!
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