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California artist Lawrence LaBianca has been using the hull of my Light Trow design in his artwork, we were delighted to learn this morning. Lawrence got in touch this morning to tell us that he’s been working with boat forms and a variety of themes, including Melville’s masterpiece Moby Dick , that among others he has … Continue reading “San Francisco artist Lawrence LaBianca uses the Light Trow in his work”
We’ve just heard the exciting news that the folks of Herefordshire are building a new Wye trow to represent the county during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June 2012. My thanks to Intheboatshed.net regular Chris Perkins for alerting me to this story. As he says, the new Wye trow will make great company at … Continue reading “Herefordshire builds a new River Wye trow for the Queen’s Jubilee”
Ben Crawshaw Onawind Blue in the Golf de Morbihan. Photos by Mónica Sitjes Ben Crawshaw’s been having a lovely time sailing his Light Trow Onawind Blue in the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan – as the pictures above show. He’s been writing about it on his weblog – the three posts so far are here, … Continue reading “Ben Crawshaw sails Light Trow Onawind Blue in the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan”