Paintings by Albert Strange and etchings by George Holmes – the charm of the ASA
Two charming etchings by George Holmes, trawlers painted by Albert Strange, and Emerald Editor Dick Wynne has been busy putting some very nice posts up at the Albert Strange Association website. I’m...
View ArticleModern sailing canoe Sara is for sale
[ad#intheboatshed-post] Sailing canoe Sara is for sale I’d like to draw attention to a crop of interesting posts over at the Albert Strange Association website. The first is a rather sad announcement...
View ArticleHolmes of the Humber – a new book just in time for Christmas 2009
[ad#intheboatshed-post] Holmes of the Humber – a new book about George Holmes Dick Wynne of the Albert Strange Association has been in touch to say that a new book on artist, writer, sailor and boat...
View ArticleHolmes of the Humber explained
[June 2011 - This book is now available again after selling out less than a year after publication.] Holmes of the Humber is a new book by long-standing Humber Yawl Club member Tony Watts. But just...
View ArticleA new site for canoe yawl enthusiasts
George Holmes’ influential canoe yawl Eel The canoe yawl deserves more prominence, and so Dick Wynne and friends have set up a website devoted to this type of boat at www.canoeyawl.org. I hope it’s a...
View ArticleThe next BBA student launch day is on the 7th December – and you’re all invited!
Intheboatshed.net readers (and everyone else, to be honest!) are warmly invited to the Boat Building Academy’s class of March 2011 student launch at 2pm on the 7th December. The boats include: 13ft...
View ArticleFabulous new publications from Lodestar Books include classic yachting...
I have good news as we come up to the Christmas season – Dick Wynne’s wonderful Lodestar Books is republishing four more sailing classics that will make great gifts for the sailing man or woman:...
View ArticleBBA students build strip-planked Humber yawl to George Holmes’ Cassy design
Photos by Jenny Steer and Andy Blundy Boat Building Academy student Derek Thompson built a strip-planked George Holmes-designed Humber yawl with help from fellow students Christian Skeels and Ryan...
View ArticleGeorge Holmes’ legendary Eel comes out of the shed
The Eel, designed and owned by Humber Yawl Club stalwart, yacht designer, adventurer and artist George Holmes, is a celebrity among boats and has just emerged from boat builder Alan Staley’s shed by...
View ArticleGeorge Holmes’ legendary Eel is for sale
The famous Eel is for sale. She was designed by Albert Strange associate George Holmes in 1896 and built by JA Akasters of Horsea in 1897, and as you can see she’s a beautiful little canoe-stern...
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