For those of you that know me personally or through the viral webs of facebook you’ll have noticed I have been moaning and groaning all week about being struck with some kind of evil brand of flu. After surviving a 10 hour drinking session on Sunday for one of the yards many Christmas parties, I […]
Life in The Yard
Although these posts are mainly about the trials and tribulations of building boats I’m hoping that I’ve written them in a way that any Dick or Harry can read, laugh and enjoy.
Re-Inventing the Floating Wheel
It took me a long time to gain the confidence to develop my own methods of working in the yard. The way a 6ft 2 man would get something done is not the way a 5ft nothing girl would do it. I love learning from the experts and absorbing all the knowledge they have to […]
My Restoration, for The Boat Nerds, The Feminists and The Curious
I’ve always been one of those people that’s pretty good at everything but never excellent at anything. Otherwise known as a jack of all trades but a master of none. Until I discovered boat building. I don’t mean to blow my own trumpet and I am still learning every day but I’m pretty bloody good […]
When Am I a BoatBuilder
So in our pretty inadequate education system, according to Colchester Asylum I can call myself a Boat Builder after a 2 year apprenticeship that covered the basics and drowned me in pointless paperwork. This is wrong. In the good old days you trained for 7 years, worked in 3 different yards and only then could […]