WaterCraft Magazine
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WaterCraft MagazineBuild Your Own 16’ (4.9m) Scow Sloop Drawing: Paul Gartside “It is a fact that shallow water begets character and creativity in boat design”, writes designer Paul Gartside, as he brings us plans for a 16’ (4.9m) scow sloop – the perfect…
WaterCraft MagazineIn Good Hands Photograph: Kathy Mansfield “Give a wooden boatbuilder a workspace and they’ll fill it with activity.
WaterCraft MagazineDouarnenez at Forty Photograph: Kathy Mansfield “The 40 th anniversary of the iconic Douarnenez Festival: I really could not miss it.” Photographer Kathy Mansfield returns to the great French festival of traditional…
WaterCraft MagazineWood, Water and Wild Places: wooden boat adventures for all Photograph: Kathy Mansfield Four leading UK wooden boat adventure providers will take part in a special panel at Southampton Boat Show on the Wooden Boat Stage , at 1500 this Sunday 20 September.
WaterCraft MagazineLifeboat ‘Herbert Leigh’ arrives at Windermere Jetty Museum for vital conservation work ‘Herbert Leigh’ arrives at Windermere Jetty. Photograph: Natasha Suriya A much-loved Barrow lifeboat has arrived at Windermere Jetty Museum for vital conservation work, bringing together the…
WaterCraft MagazineFalmouth working boat book republished after three decades out of print After more than 30 years out of publication, The History of the Falmouth Working Boats , the definitive history of the Cornish oyster fleet by Alun Davies, has been revised and updated and is now…
WaterCraft MagazineRegistration now open for the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan 2027 Applications for registration for the 14 th edition of the Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan , taking place from 3-9 May 2027, are now open.
WaterCraft MagazineFrançois Vivier partners with Fyne Boat Kits to produce UK plans, kits and boats Two Vivier Seils under sail. Photograph: François Vivier French designer François Vivier has announced Fyne Boat Kits as his new UK agent.
WaterCraft MagazineBoat Building Academy celebrates award win after ‘transformational’ five years Photograph: Boat Building Academy Will Reed, Director and Trustee of the Boat Building Academy (BBA), said that winning Business of the Year in British Marine’s 2026 Boatbuilders Sector awards has…
WaterCraft MagazineIan Nicolson appointed MBE for services to sailing Photograph: Kathy Mansfield Congratulations to Ian Nicolson C.Eng FRINA Hon. MIIMS, who – 81 years since leaving school early to start a yacht design apprenticeship – has been appointed MBE in the…
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