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”] Perhaps Sheppey can look a little like the Isle of Wight in some light conditions… or maybe not! We’ve all done silly things in boats. I blush when I think of some of mine, and, naturally, hope that my wife, family and friends won’t tell the world about too many of them. But … Continue reading “Doing silly things in a boat off Sheppey”
Jacques Molinari’s TheEdge Mouseboat is looking very smart The carvel-built Mouseboat built to the free TheEdge plans that Jacques Molinari is building in Vietnam continues to make progress. He’s now reached the point where he’s making sails and launch day is approaching. I’ve recentlyseen some film of a plywood-built boat to the same plans sailing, … Continue reading “The Vietnamese Mouse makes more progress”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Here’s a surprise – a carvel-built The Edge member of the Mouseboat family being built in Nha Trang, Vietnam by Jacques Molinari. I don’t normally write about Mouseboats here. They’re simple little boats intended to be made from plywood that I designed years ago for people without either money or skills who wanted … Continue reading “A carvel-built Mouse in Vietnam”