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
I’d like to introduce you to a classy little publication. If you don’t already know it, The Marine Quarterly edited and published by PBO columnist Sam Llewellyn is a gem. Find out more and subscribe here. TMQ is a beautifully produced four-times-a-year package of writing by current and past authors, and I’m delighted to be … Continue reading “Quality reading for the likes of us: Sam Llewellyn’s The Marine Quarterly”
The chilling engraving The Storm by William Miller after Van de Velde, published in 1858, taken from the Wikimedia. They’re not English East Coast fishing smacks, but sadly I haven’t been able to find a suitable engraving from the correct era ‘As day after day passes and no tidings arrive of the missing Grimsby smacks, … Continue reading “Three score and ten – the greatest fishing disaster ballad”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Tilikum at Margate, with Captain John Voss standing at the bows. As usual click on the images for much larger photographs Fishing luggers sailing out of Mevagissey, Cornwall Falmouth quay punt Lowestoft trawlers in a shot that looks more like a painting than a photo West Mersea smacks looking very handsome on a … Continue reading “Some ancient photos of famous old boats”