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
This is the charming 16ft Nick Smith-built clinker-planked half-decker Isla afloat, I think in Scotland.
She has basic camping accommodation for overnight or the weekend, with a double bunk, storage and a small cooker, and I have a feeling a boat might appeal to quite a lot of folks…
Nick trained in Salcombe as a traditional boat builder in the 1970s. To learn more or to contact him, check his website. For more on Nick’s boats, click here.
Traditional Boatbuilding Fair Isle, Shetland – one of a series of videos about Shetland and Fair Isle made by Liz Musser.
Happily, Italy has an association that records the country’s inland traditional boats, cares for them and builds them.
Some of the boats are recognisable flat-bottomed turf boats as you might expect – but others are strange and wonderful.
My thanks to reader Justin Ford for finding this one!