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Following on from Alan Thorne’s Boat Building Experience and a number of other community projects, Faversham Creek Trust is this weekend hosting a presentation by Alec Jordan of Jordan Boats at the Purifier Building, 2.30pm Saturday 21st September. Over the past decade or so, Alec has been involved in the pioneering coastal rowing movement, in which … Continue reading “Coastal rowing pioneer Alec Jordan to visit Faversham”
The youngsters on Faversham Creek Trust’s annual Boat Camp programme have this year built a couple of two-handed Julie skiffs. Here’s one of them in action on the creek in a good headwind: I’d say they were doing well despite their lack of rowing experience, and that the boat was doing well also. Plans for … Continue reading “A two-handed Julie skiff on Faversham Creek”