![]()
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”
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
![]()
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”
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
Dear intheboatshed.net reader:
I’ve just sent out the first intheboatshed.net newsletter. If you’re not on the mailing list and would like to be, you can subscribe right now, either by filling in the little box in the right-hand panel, or by writing to me direct at gmatkin@gmail.com .
Thanks, Gavin