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Ocean Pearl raced in the Round the Island Race gaffer class – and won Emsworth-based boatbuilder and Intheboatshed.net reader Nick Gates has written into report that his fifie Ocean Pearl has won the gaffer division 1 class in the Round the Island Race this year. (I call Ocean Peal a fifie, but her upright stem … Continue reading “Fifie Ocean Pearl has won the Round the Island Race gaffer class”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] It’s almost impossible to pick out my favourite posts of the year – there are simply too many, and for too many different reasons. For example, the editor-residents of Intheboatshed.net Towers would have no difficulty picking out the students’ launch at the Boatbuilding Academy in December, but for entirely different reasons we’d equally … Continue reading “Intheboatshed.net highlights of 2009”
A seriously cute Italian speedboat in the rain at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show. As usual, click on the thumbnails (including the big one) for much larger photos This Avenger 21 made from carbon fibre belonged to offshore powerboat racer Tommy Sopwith, and was a tender to his yacht Philante V Thunderbolt III belonged … Continue reading “Classic Motor Boat Association boats at the Beale Park Show”