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
Martin Newell’s increasingly acclaimed quartet poem The Song of the Waterlily – the building of a boat has been set to music and recorded by Martin and local band The Hosepipe Band, together with another poem Black Shuck, telling the story of an ancient ‘black dog’ legend. The Song of the Waterlily describes the building and … Continue reading “The Song of the Waterlily, set to music”
It’s taken quite a while – but here’s my 16-track online album of largely traditional songs, The Running Tide. I think it’s an album of magnificent songs for singing sailors, and I hope as many of you as possible enjoy them through listening and perhaps learning some of them for yourselves! No really – a good singer is one … Continue reading “The Running Tide, an album of songs for singing sailors”
Fancy a weekend of sailing, shanties and sea songs aboard the fabulous Medway-based sail training ship Morning Star in a few weeks time? Boarding is at 6pm on Friday 29th May 2015 at Chatham Maritime Marina and disembarking is at the same place at 3pm on Sunday. You’ll learn to sing and sail you go, … Continue reading “A weekend of shanties and sea songs aboard Morning Star”