Our first boatshed is a prince among sheds
This is Hollowshore Services, at the junction between Faversham and Oare creeks. Probably better known as Tester’s yard, Hollowshore Services specialises in smacks, and so this remote corner of Kent is...
View Article1890 Arbroath fishing yawl Isabella Fortuna
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Built by James Weir of Arbroath, the Isabella was launched on the 15th September 1890. With an overall length of 45ft, 13ft 9in beam and a draught of 6ft, the vessel was...
View ArticleThe Beale Park Thames Boat Show – and another shed
I was thinking today about the Beale Park Boat Show of 2005, and it occurred to me that some of you might be interested in some of the photos I brought back. Chuck Leinweber posted some of them on his...
View ArticleTime to wet your whistle and let out a song
Tonight, I think it’s about time we had some music on the intheboatshed blog. Boating isn’t just about boats and sheds, boatbuilding or restoration, or even about navigating your boat – it’s...
View ArticleA boatshed at Botley
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Boatshed at Botton, on the Hamble I came back from Paris late this evening to find this photo in my inbox, with a note from the photographer: ‘Hi Gavin ‘I rowed up the...
View ArticleThe grandest boatsheds we’ve yet seen?
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Chris Partridge of the weblog Rowing for Pleasure has pointed out the astonishing projects below. See them, and gasp: University College Oxford boathouse and Lea Rowing...
View ArticleEx-Academy student wins scholarship to build a Dorset lerret by eye
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Dorset lerret photographed on the beach. Click on the image to go to the excellent Burton Bradstock web pages including some interesting photos of traditional boats...
View ArticleSome boats at the Barton HBBR meet
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] A traditional ‘Welsh woman’ style wherry burgee on a shed at Barton Turf catches the evening sun. Click on the images for larger shots HBBR member Wayne Oliver’s boat...
View ArticleSunny skiff 14ft plywood flattie plans
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The Sunny skiff Another evening, another boat. Here’s a set of fairly basic but functional plans for building a 14ft lightweight flattie, the Sunny skiff. Download them...
View ArticleA traditional Hebridean lugger built by Harris boatbuilder John Macaulay
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] One of the treats of the Beale Park Thames Boat Show was seeing one of John Macaulay’s traditional Hebridean skiffs full of old-fashioned boatbuilding features. Note the...
View ArticleWrecks and working boats of the Ore
Click on the thumbnails for much bigger photos! The coast of East Anglia is well known for its crab boats, lifeboats, beach punts, beach yawls and Southwold luggers – but I can’t say that I’ve read...
View ArticleStirling & Son’s latest clinker dinghy
Boat builder and historian Will Stirling has sent in these shots of his latest beautiful 9ft clinker dinghy – Will has a great eye for a photograph and these shots are up to his usual standard, even...
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