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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...

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1890 Arbroath fishing yawl Isabella Fortuna

[ad#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 built...

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An oar in the Australian bush carpentry style

[ad#intheboatshed-post] An oar, and a fine example of Australian bush carpentry, says Jeff Cole Jeff Cole sails an Iain Oughtred MacGregor canoe and occasionally sends us photos from his wonderful and...

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Notes on rowing by Dr Edmund Warre

[ad#intheboatshed-post] From the Wiki Books, Dr Edmund Warre talking about how to row in 1909: ‘The moment the oar touches the body, drop the hands smartly straight down, then turn the wrists sharply...

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A salmon coble at Abbotsford

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Probable mezzotint postcard showing Abbotsford on the Tweed Jeff Cole has sent us this image of an old postcard of Abbotsford on the River Tweed. Here’s what he says about it:...

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Restored 1943 type K Montagu whaler, good condition, for sale in London

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Montagu whaler Vancouver is now sold Dick Wynne is selling his 27ft 6in type K Montagu whaler. I’m sure it has been a painful decision and it’s a damn shame for all those who...

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The almost unbelievable galley

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Galley drawing from On the High Seas – click for a larger image Idly reading my first edition copy of On the High Seas by E Keble Chatterton, I was astonished to find this...

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What it’s really all about…

[ad#intheboatshed-post] Click on the images for much larger photos. The one at the top makes a particularly fine background – click on the thumbnail, then click on your right mouse button when the...

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A traditional Hebridean lugger built by Harris boatbuilder John Macaulay

[ad#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 short...

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Two new volumes from Lodestar Books – just in time for Christmas!

  ++++ Check the bargain at the bottom of this post! ++++ East Coast cruising sailor Richard Wynne’s wonderful Lodestar Books has two smashing books coming out in the first week of December – just in...

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