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Nov 21, 2024
Nordic Folkboat used boat review
Nordic Folkboat used boat review: One of the most iconic boats ever designed
Despite low headroom, spartan accommodation and a potentially wet ride, the Folkboat remains one of the most iconic yachts of the last 100 years.
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Nov 18, 2024
Boatbuilding & Yard News: Craftsmanship Around the World
Boatbuilding & Yard News: Craftsmanship Around the World
Take a look at the latest projects underway – from all-wooden launches in Michigan, to Oban Skiffs in Scotland…
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Nov 08, 2024
Is Owning a Wooden Boat Worth It?
Is Owning a Wooden Boat Worth It? Adrian Morgan’s Classic Boat
Adrian Morgan questions who wouldn’t want a wooden yacht?
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Nov 06, 2024
Classic IDRA 14s Radiate From Clontarf With CY&BC 150th Approaching
Classic IDRA 14s Radiate From Clontarf With CY&BC 150th Approaching
The Irish Dinghy Racing Association and other clubs may have made some of the significant input into the formation of the IDRA 14 Class way back in 1946.
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Oct 27, 2024
"RÉMY"
"RÉMY"
Sebstbau retro-classic sports boat BM 31 is the first of its kind
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Oct 27, 2024
Meet 17-Year-Old Shipwright
Meet 17-Year-Old Shipwright Charting His Own Course In Islip: 'A Dying Tradition'
Liam McEvoy is sailing into uncharted waters.
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Oct 25, 2024
Problem with Water
Dave Selby’s Problem with Water:
Drinking Alcohol at Sea
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Oct 25, 2024
Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival
The Unmovable Feast. Scores of wooden boat festivals flaunt polished brass and blinding varnish, but none have the hippie-go-lucky vibe of Port Townsend
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Oct 21, 2024
Make a splash by building your own sustainable wooden paddleboard
Make a splash by building your own sustainable wooden paddleboard at the Boat Building Academy
Students will be able to create their own sustainable wooden paddleboard thanks to the newest ‘short’ course from Dorset’s Boat Building Academy (BBA).
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Nordic Folkboat used boat review
Nov 21, 24 11:31 AM
Nic Compton
Nordic Folkboat used boat review: One of the most iconic boats ever designed
Despite low headroom, spartan accommodation and a potentially wet ride, the Folkboat remains one of the most ico…
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