Category: Rowing boat

The Semaine du Golfe at Morbihan 2011

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Semaine du Golfe press photos – the top photo was taken by Quivillac, the following three by Lamour, and the final shot by Boisdron

Another day, another excuse to put up some atmospheric photos! These shots are from the Semaine du Golfe, which takes place every other year in the wonderful Gulf of Morbihan, on the coast of France. Next year it runs from the 30th of May to the 5th of June.

There’s the usual busy programme of sailing, racing and partying, and this year the attendees include a special flotilla from Wales and a delegation from the southern Basque Country.

For more information, see the impressive press pack.

St Ayles skiff Ulla launched!

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Chris Perkins has written to say that the St Ayles skiff Ulla is launched and that a good selection of photos of the big day can be seen at the Ullapool Coastal Rowing website. Apparently the Viking steerboard works well.

He’ll be at the splash of another St Ayles skiff, Coigach Lass, today so hopefully we’ll have still more lovely photos soon.

Many thanks Chris! For more posts about the Iain Oughtred-designed St Ayles skiff and the Scottish Coastal Rowing Project, click here.

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Filming with Nigel Royall and his traditional Norfolk gun punt and lighter

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The geezer in the hat and the little green boat is Norfolk boatyard proprieter Nigel Royall; in these pictures he’s demonstrating the use of an old-fashioned gun punt with a 3ft beam and a small Norfolk Broads marshman’s punt or eel punt for a local film maker. Here’s what he had to say about the adventure:
‘Dear Gavin,

‘How nice to hear from you, I have often looked at bits and pieces on your web site.


‘Last week I recreated eel picking and sculling and firing a punt gun to fowl for a local amature film maker and we will put some photographs of this on our own website shortly.

‘It was most ‘interesting’ to see how my little gun punt Plover handled with an 11ft sculling oar and a rather large cannon balanced on her bows!

‘We are also slowly restoring a very old River Ant gun punt that is on long term loan to us from the  Museum of the Broads that I hope to eventually refloat, again photos should arrive soon.

‘Nigel’

I’d like to see that recoil in action from a suitable distance and direction!
For an earlier post about Nigel’s adventures with gun punts click here. Also, for a piece about eel fishing in the old days, click here.

PS – There’s been some discussion about these photos at the Wooden Boat forum, which has prompted Nigel to send us some interesting remarks. To read what he has to say, click here: Wooden Boat forum contribution.

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