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
Wood-carving weblogger Robin Wood and colleagues led by archaelologist and ancient timber expert Richard Darrah are constructing a half-scale replica of a Bronze Age stitched-plank boat discovered during the building of an underpass at Dover in 1992. The first three photos above are of the replica in build; the last one is of the … Continue reading “Dover Bronze Age stitched-boat boat replica project”
Standard Quay, winter 2010/11 Please sign this e-petition – it offers an opportunity to register public support for the aim of saving Faversham’s Standard Quay from a development that many fear could curtail or end the traditional boat building and repairing. It’s a cause that deserves the support of anyone who cares about the future … Continue reading “Please sign the petition in support of Standard Quay’s boatbuilding future”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Editor Pete Greenfield has sent us his preview of the September/October issue of Water Craft magazine. Click here to subscribe to this excellent publication! Here’s what he says about the next issue: ‘In our September/October 2010 issue – in good newsagents from 26 August – you’ll find…. •Some 16 years designer Nigel Irens … Continue reading “The September/October issue of Water Craft magazine will be out soon”