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[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Over at the Boat Building Academy at Lyme, Ian Baird has been making progress on his replica of the Dorset crab and lobster boat Witch of Worbarrow. The timbers of the new boat named Witch of Weymouth have gone in, the gunwales are now in place and the spars almost completely made. He … Continue reading “Video: hot-nailing a traditional crab and lobster boat’s timbers into place”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The final three boats launched by Boat Building Academy students this year are a 16ft 5in Selway Fisher-designed Islay skiff built by Martin McMahon, a 14ft 3in Canadian canoe built by James Downs, and a 1m remote controlled model Nordic Folkboat made by Tim Price. After 40 years of sales and marketing, the … Continue reading “An Islay skiff, a stripper canoe and a model Folkboat – three more summer BBA launches”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Boat Building Academy student Ian Baird’s project to build a replica of the rare Dorset crab and lobster boat known as Witch of Worbarrow during his course is continuing apace, as it must to be be ready for the big launch on the 9th December. For more posts relating to Witch and Worbarrow, … Continue reading “Ian Baird’s replica of a Dorset crab and lobster boat in the workshop”