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
New reader Roland Beverley got in touch yesterday with these pictures of a model Julie skiff that he’s made. Plans for both the real and the model Julie skiff are on the free plans page – see the tabs above. Here’s what he wrote: ‘Hi Gavin, ‘I just discovered http://intheboatshed.net/ while searching for some free model … Continue reading “A reader builds a model Julie skiff”
And so the Julie skiff (free boat plans here) being built by Mick Webb in Victoria, Australia goes together – he tells me he thinks it’s going pretty well, which is good news!
A Julie skiff has been built in Russia from the free plans available on this website. It’s pretty close the the plans, though the builder left off the corner pieces at the stern and decided against the neat draining foredeck I’d intended as a good place to put a small anchor and line, or a … Continue reading “News about the Julie skiff design”