I was tickled by this list found on Penwith District Council’s website. But if that’s what they think about over there, good for them, I say.
Thanks for the tipoff Jim!
Tag: boats
Windward-sailing Barbary pirates
Xebec pirate ship
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My canoe sailing and building pal Jim van den Bos sent me this link from The Times newspaper yesterday:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1449736.ece
Here’s the TS Pelican’s website, which tells the story of her interesting rig; see also this article by Philip Goode, the designer involved in the TS Pelican project: http://www.weatherlysquareriggers.com
The whole thing led me to speculate how Continue reading “Windward-sailing Barbary pirates”
An elegant electric canoe from 100 years ago
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Gena is a fine electric canoe built more than 100 years ago, and restored in the late 1980s by her owner Robin Newlands. All the fittings, equipment and motor are original, except the controller, which was modernised in 1923.
Take a look at the picture links – I took them at the Beale Park Boatshow in 2005, and it’s a privelege to have some good sized images to show you all. Thanks for taking her to the show Mr Newlands, wherever you are – you must be very proud.
http://intheboatshed.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/a1.JPG
http://intheboatshed.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/a3.JPG
Also, take a look at the Thames Vintage Boat Club site – its members have put up many of pictures of their boats and some articles :
http://www.thamesvintageboatclub.com
