Category: Boating, boats, ships and the sea

A shed to swoon over

Boathouse

Boathouse Boathouse

Regular visitors will know that intheboatshed.net likes to celebrate sheds and the quality of shedness from time to time.

So here are some photos of a shed to swoon over – a boathouse belonging to friends of ours, guarded over by a group of goats.

Julie and I think it’s probably Edwardian, but whatever it is, it’s really rather special – as is the goat that guards it as his own.

Boathouse

More shed-related posts at intheboatshed.net

●On Hickling Broad

●Our first boatshed is a prince among sheds

●The Beale Park Thames Boat Show – and another shed

The boats of Swallows and Amazons explained

Swallow II

I gather from Never Sea Land that Stuart Weir’s article about the boats of Swallows and Amazons has a new home here:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ransome/wier/sanda.html

I’ve been searching high and low for some photos I took of one of Arthur Ransome’s dinghies in the Windermere Museum, but I can’t find the folder for the life of me. It’s a shame – it’s a nice old fashioned little Continue reading “The boats of Swallows and Amazons explained”

Practical Boat Building for Amateurs – Chapter 7

Finally, Chapter 7 discusses the Canadian bateau, a canvas canoe and the canvas American shooting punt. I’ve also included the index, and a wonderful set of adverts, which appear to set the date of this edition of Practical Boat Building for Amateurs as 1889.

Practical Boat Building for Amateurs beach cruising dinghy Practical Boat Building for Amateurs beach cruising dinghy Practical Boat Building for Amateurs beach cruising dinghy

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