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
David Emsley has just sent me these photos of the 10ft stretched Mouseboat he built back in 2005 and painted in narrowboat style. He tells me he has now repainted it twice – he’s just finished this second re-paint ahead of putting it on display on the Wey and Arun Canal stand at … Continue reading “Mouseboat narrowboat Mouseboat 79 gets ready for her public”
Mouseboats Yahoogroup member Tomasz has made me smile with his build successful build of my The Edge stitch and glue sailing dinghy design intended for teenagers and small – to medium-sized adults. When I drew it, I described it like this: ‘designed to deliver the most fun I can squeeze out of a minimum of … Continue reading “The Edge – a Mouseboat for teens and small adults”
Miles away in a place where the weather is much warmer than it is here, Jacques Molinaris’ carvel-built Mouseboat called OSM has been launched and sailed for the first time from a Vietnamese beach. He writes: ‘Good evening Gav.’ ‘OSM is born, I launched her four days ago. She is a nice little fast boat, … Continue reading “The carvel-built Mouseboat in Vietnam is launched and sailing well!”