building a square rigger

[dylan winter]

I spent yesterday doing some filming for Practical Boat owner.

It was a feature about col regs which was shot here -


http://www.mannedmodels.com/

The bloke who was organising the shoot is young Ben Meakins from Practical Boat Owner.

Ben comes from an astonishing Solent family. A few years ago he and his dad built this amazing boat for a sailing festival at Burlesdon.





and the donor boat was this






the pictorial story of the conversion is here

http://www.festinalente.org.uk/photo...bum/index.html



their family blog which is full of great stuff is here

http://www.festinalente.org.uk/index.html


bloody good I reckon.

For anyone following the PBO feature about resurrecting an old boat I am confident that Ben has the skills to see the job through. He and his dad have built lots of boats. Ben built a fine strip canoe when he was younger

http://www.festinalente.org.uk/photos/canoe/canoe.html


So, anyone who decides to start sniping at sailing journalists for being French built lozenge obsessed flotilla holiday lush loving know nothings should take a breath or two before applying themselves with vigour to their keyboards and letting loose with a string of vituperation at lazy hacks

there.... I feel better now


Dylan

[Brian Palmer]

The square rigger is very cool.

John McPhee wrote about the Warsash Maritime Academy Ship Handling Centre where the manned models are up to 40 feet long and only have a 1/3 hp electric motor. Fascinating stuff.

Brian

[obscured by clouds]

a regular PBO gig Dylan? Only just read your piece in the Jan? edition of PBO

[dylan winter]

naaa

they were employing me as a cameraman not a hack - although they are going to run an item about building the duck punt - "first cut to first sail in seven days"


I am slightly embarrassed having seen Ben's proper canoe


I have to say though, the money is really useful - and I have managed to get it by undercutting the real sailing journalists