Spirit of Mystery crew set sail for Australia – but without their underpants
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] The crew of the Mounts Bay lugger Spirit Mystery wave as they set sail for Australia – presumably before the underpants crisis hit home West Country sailor and adventurer...
View ArticleThe astonishing steamer-to-windjammer story of the SS Great Britain
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Thomas Patterson’s lovely tumble-home iron hull The life-size model of the propeller-lifting frame at the SS Great Britain museum; a replica of the original screw (photo...
View ArticleA remarkable history of the slave trade
Slave canoe drawing from The Illustrated London News, 1849; image reference EO22, as shown on www.slaveryimages.org, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of...
View ArticlePathé newsreels: the London Boat Show of 1967, and Blyth and Ridgway row the...
Two hugely nostalgic Pathé newsreels caught my eye today – at least, they are for me. Lots of other folks might think they’re interesting historical documents! The first is about the London Boat Show...
View ArticleAnn Davison’s 23ft Atlantic crossing yacht is being restored
Ann Davison’s little double-ended sailing yacht Felicity Ann is being restored at Port Hadlock, Washington. It’s great news, and some of the webloggers have rightly picked up the story, including Bill...
View ArticleSculling across the Atlantic. Of course…
Passionate about sculling, Hervé Le Merrer plans to power himself by sculling alone from Cape Verde to Martinique during 2018. Fellow members of his yacht club at Trébeurden on the Côtes d’Armor are...
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