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
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Some recent boatbuilding posts at intheboatshed.net, including making a moustache, boats built to plans by Iain Oughtred and Tad Roberts, a birch bark canoe and photos from Newlyn. Click on the images above to see them all Amateurs and professionals If you’ve got a restoration or boatbuilding project you’d like the world to … Continue reading “Share your boatbuilding and restoration stories”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The crew of the Mounts Bay lugger Spirit Mystery wave as they set sail for Australia – presumably before the underpants crisis hit home West Country sailor and adventurer Pete Goss and the crew of Spirit of Mystery have begun their epic voyage to Australia via the Atlantic and Southern Oceans. Taking advantage … Continue reading “Spirit of Mystery crew set sail for Australia – but without their underpants”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Pete Goss’s new boat, Spirit of Mystery. All photos by Mark Lloyd of Lloyd Images Solo ocean racer Pete Goss’s latest project is to build a lugger to follow in the wake of the Mystery, which sailed from Cornwall to Australia to join the goldrush in 1854. The Mystery was an open Mounts … Continue reading “Pete Goss launches his new lugger”