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
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Esperanza, the day she was relaunched and at earlier stages in her restoration It’s been a great few days for people sending me photographs, and here are some more. If any of you happen to have any stories to tell and photographs to share, please send them in! Robin Marshall, a supporter of … Continue reading “Restored Cuban fishing boat was used by refugees fleeing to Florida”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Henry Taunt and lady, perhaps his wife, on his houseboat (1886). Reproduced with permission of Oxfordshire County Council (L-R) Taunt’s book and illustrated map of the Thames photographed by Graham Diprose and Jeff Robins; Taunt at the site of today’s Rowing & River Museum at Henley, with permission of Oxfordshire County Council (L-R) … Continue reading “Henry Taunt’s photos on show at the River & Rowing Museum, Henley”
To bookmark a post, double-click on the headline, let the post open, and bookmark Gena is a fine electric canoe built more than 100 years ago, and restored in the late 1980s by her owner Robin Newlands. All the fittings, equipment and motor are original, except the controller, which was modernised in 1923. Take a … Continue reading “An elegant electric canoe from 100 years ago”