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I’m officially on holiday, but here are some links to keep regular readers going!

Five Years in Siam From 1891 to 1896 by H Warington Smyth

Lowell’s Boat Shop, Amesbury, Massachusetts

A short but also long report from Brest 2008

Concern over ‘abandoned’ boat

Sunk Brits’ four-day raft storm hell

A History of Shipbuilding by Per Åkesson

Glimpses of Traditional Boatbuilding in Goa by Johan Roque

Elderly fella making very nice models

Whaleboat racing

Author Gavin AtkinPosted on July 31, 2008July 7, 2015Categories Boating, boats, ships and the sea, Locations, Modern boatbuilding, Motor yachts and boats, Racing rowing and paddling, Racing sailing craft, River boats, Small boats, Suppliers, Techniques, Traditional carvel, Traditional clinker, Working boatsTags Åkesson, boatbuilder, boatbuilding, Brest 2008, Goa, lowell's boat shop, Model boats, shipbuilding, traditional, warington smythe, whaleboats, zulu3 Comments on News in my inbox

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Our Faversham-based friend Alan Thorne can help with boatbuilding projects - constructing to plans in very tidy stitch-and-glue or more traditional techniques. Contact him by email at ajthorne3@hotmail.com or phone 07865 091155

Latest posts at intheboatshed.net

  • Half-decked Nick Smith motor launch for sale
  • Further progress on the new traditional fishing boat
  • Farewell Topsails – 1937 film about the late era of working West Country topsail schooners
  • The amazing voyage of Cleopatra’s Needle
  • Inverloch Classic Dinghy Regatta 2023
  • Outstanding small boat adventurer Howard Rice tells his story for the Dinghy Cruising Association
  • Video: fisherman Johnny Doughty leads a rollocking Rye pub singalong – and big changes in boatbuilding
  • The Medway from Butcher’s Basin to Sheerness in 1938
  • Cobles explained, by an old TV programme
  • A free online course in wooden boat construction via Classic Boat

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  • Brian Nevill on Legendary Bristol pilot cutter Kindly Light is back on the water
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  • Judy on More on the last Portuguese fishing schooners
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