My thanks to the Thames Sailing Barge Trust for pointing these out on their Facebook page. The organisation also has this Twitter feed.
Category: wooden boat
Photographer Ellen Tynan in Egypt
Photographer Ellen Tynan has some impressive sets of photographs on Flickr – the photos in this collection set one thinking about the boats and people they depict, and are also a powerful reminder that there’s more to present-day Egypt than tourism and dreadful political troubles.
Here she is photographing currachs and hookers on the coast of Ireland, and here capturing the fishermen of Huanchaco, Peru, working from reed canoes.
My thanks to Tim Shaw of the weblog ChineBlog for leading me to her work.
Mingary in the water following a hull rebuild
The 1929 Alfred Mylne designed yacht Mingary has been relaunched following what Will Stirling of Stirling and Son describes as a very efficient and organised hull rebuild by her owner Christian Scheitdmann.
Will took part in the work, which was was carried out in a farm building in North Germany, with back up the Moderstiski Traditional Shipyard in Maasholm which has been in the same family for over 150 years.
The photos are gorgeous, but be warned – take care what you do with them as the contact page includes a few threats. And you might want to turn the volume down on your computer…
There are three YouTubes about this project on an earlier Intheboatshed.net post.
My thanks to Will for letting me know about this one!