Designing Boats • Building Boats • Using Boats
Launched in 1765 and still in commission as the flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Victory is 6 months into a 12-year, £35m conservation programme which is looking to increase its shipwright team. The focus of the project is to entirely replace … Continued
Women in Boatbuilding CIC launched their first official mentoring programme on International Women’s Day 2023 last week, with the support of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights. The programme will offer 10 boatbuilders the opportunity to be matched and mentored by … Continued
Over 100 classic yachts and working boats will gather in Ipswich for the 60-year celebration of the Old Gaffers Association (OGA) with a Diamond Jubilee Party from 3-6 August 2023, the culmination of a programme of OGA60 events throughout 2023. … Continued
The Wooden Boat Centre in Tasmania, Australia, has launched the first Andrew Wolstenholme designed Franklin 29, ready for an exciting debut at this weekend’s Australian Wooden Boat Festival. Built using modern wooden boatbuilding techniques under the supervision of master shipwrights … Continued
The countdown to the 2023 Australian Wooden Boat Festival has begun! Back for the first time in four years after Covid forced the cancellation of the 2021 event, the AWBF will welcome more than 500 wooden boats afloat and ashore … Continued
For the first time in 70 years, on the 13th of November crews headed down to Everson’s in Suffolk – these days known as Woodbridge Boatyard – to race a fleet of Deben Cherubs. With paint and varnish gleaming the little … Continued
The winners of the The Gussies 2022 Electric Boat Awards have been announced, after voting by the public and an international judging panel of 19 electric boat experts. Organised by Plugboats.com, the awards are named after Gustave Trouvé, the French … Continued
A Scottish boatbuilder, A & R Way Ltd (Lochgilphead), has embedded an electric propulsion system into a rudder on a new build Oban Skiff. Adam Way made a replica rudder with a core of sapele and cheeks of larch, with … Continued
Despite a rich maritime tradition and a vibrant community of craftspeople building a wide range of boats, are our traditional wooden boatbuilding skills in danger of being lost? Heritage Crafts and the Wooden Boat Builders’ Trade Association are holding a … Continued
Kevin Halcrow of Lakeland Wooden Boats has brought a rather different boat with him to this year’s Southampton Boat Show. Alongside one of his Andrew Wolstenholme designed clinker dinghies – a 14’6’’ (4.4m) Swallow – Kevin is exhibiting a Haven … Continued