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
You don’t see too many of these. West Country traditional boat builder Nick Smith is selling a new built 17ft carvel built launch fitted with a fully restored 10hp Bukh inboard – what he calls ‘a proper old thumper’. He started building it from a 24ft, 36in log four years ago, but only completed a year … Continue reading “Nick Smith 17ft carvel 7/8th inch Douglas fir on oak fishing and pleasure boat”
This 12ft clinker-built motor launch is for sale by Salcombe trained traditional boatbuilder Nick Smith following a 183-hour refurb. Nick was an apprentice with Edgar Cove starting in 1976, so he’s part of of a long heritage and so is the boat… The final picture above shows her on her launch at Cowes in February … Continue reading “Refurbished 12ft clinker Nick Smith-built launch for sale”
This is the charming 16ft Nick Smith-built clinker-planked half-decker Isla afloat, I think in Scotland. She has basic camping accommodation for overnight or the weekend, with a double bunk, storage and a small cooker, and I have a feeling a boat might appeal to quite a lot of folks… Nick trained in Salcombe as a … Continue reading “Nick Smith-built half-decked motor launch afloat”