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The 1908 15ft rowing boat named White Owl has been restored at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. White Owl was built in Falmouth in 1908, by Jacketts Yard, which priced her at ten shillings per foot – one of Jacketts’ best known customers was the Newlyn School painter and photographer Henry Scott Tuke. See his entry at … Continue reading “1908 Falmouth-built rowing boat White Owl is restored and back on the water”
Poster for Painting Party on the Quay at Newlyn this weekend National Historic Ships has worked with British Tourism Week to make sure historic vessels have a central place in Party on the Pier (POTP) – a series of events around Britain on Saturday 12the March to mark the launch of British Tourism Week. … Continue reading “Pier traditional and historic boat events this weekend launch British Tourism Week”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Newlyn harbour; portrait of a Porthleven fisherman; unloading, Mevagissey harbour; launching lifeboat, Port Isaac; Princess Victoria. Click on the thumbnails to see larger photos. Images courtesy of the Pentreath Photographic Archives of Cornish Maritime History This post marks the 1000th intheboatshed.net post! Hurrah! Professor Jan Pentreath will reveal some items from his archive … Continue reading “The Pentreath photo archive talk at the NMMC, Falmouth”