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 ArticleWindward-sailing Barbary pirates
Xebec pirate ship !!This post now with added singing – see the bottom of this post!! My canoe sailing and building pal Jim van den Bos sent me this link from The Times newspaper yesterday:...
View ArticleThe boatbuilding bug bites another victim
[ad#intheboatshed-post] Ed’s 10ft Maine Skiff, built from plans and instructions supplied by Duck Trap Woodworking Ed Engarto in New York State is one of the many people who build a boat, only to...
View ArticleAmerican maritime artist John P Benson celebrated in a new book
[ad#intheboatshed-post] Paintings by John P Benson – click on each for a larger photo. The images that were here earlier are now linked to thumbnails below John Prentis Benson – American Marine Artist,...
View ArticleKeelman and war hero Jack Crawford nails his colours to the mast
[ad#intheboatshed-post] Jack Crawford climbs the rigging Searching a few weeks ago for information about a quite different Jack Crawford, I learned about the one pictured above. He was a keelman from...
View ArticleSardine carrier Jacob Pike finds a new home
Sardine carrier Jacob Pike Penobscot Marine Museum of Maine, USA, has put up a very nice short series of films about the Maine sardine industry in general and the elegant sardine carrier Jacob Pike in...
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