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
Boatbuilder Kyle Abingdon is looking for a new home for his Harrison Butler Z4, having decided that there’s no sense in paying storage fees for a project he has no hope of being able to start in the near future. He’s happy to negotiate terms but I’m pretty sure that it could be free to … Continue reading “Harrison Butler Z4 looking for a new home”
Kyle Abingdon of North Kent outfit Abingdon and Skabardis Marine Carpentry sent me over a few photos he took from Bob Burke’s boat Crow during the Swale match over the weekend. Thanks Kyle – they’re great shots and the one of Jamie Clay’s gorgeous Albert Strange-designed Firefly (the distinctive two-master shown below with red sails) is particularly … Continue reading “On-board photos from the Swale match”
North Kent boatbuilders Abingdon & Skabardis Marine Carpentry has put the gaff-rigged Kenneth Gibbs 14ft Halcyon sailing dinghy mentioned in an Intheboatshed.net post a week or two ago up for sale. The sweet looking and snug-rigged little clinker-build sailing dinghy is on eBay, listed as ‘Classic Clinker Sailing Dinghy’ in the ‘Other sailing’category. The posting comes with lots of photos…