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NEW SAILING CANOE DESIGN
We’ve heard the exciting news
that Solway Dory and Overwater
Boats are working on the design
of a new sailing canoe. The boat
will have a GRP hull and wooden
decks. New owners will be given
the opportunity to build the boat
at Mark Aplin’s Canoe Building courses. Mark and the Daves
at Solway Dory have promised
they’ll have much more information soon so watch this space!
Above: The Metal Mariner’s hard at work
on their Selway Fisher Highlander 14’s
A GROUP OF SLIGO
MEN...
Have pooled their ‘shed’ resources and are making huge progress
in building a fleet of Paul Fisher
Highlander 14s.
With no experience of boat
building, THE METAL MARINERS decided to seize the bull
by the horns. They got organised
and started building the boats
in the autumn, even holding an
open day to show “The Wives”
and others what they were up to !
Its a fantastic example of how a
group can pull together to create
UK Marine Ply manufacturers and marine timber specialists, Robbins
Timber have generously offered to sposor the OZGoose Project Build
we’ll be starting next month. Philippine Based Really Simple Sails are
generously supplying the sail.
an affordable project. The Highlanders will be enjoyed by the
MMs and their families for many
years to come.
OZ GOOSE CAMP
We will be organising an OZGOOSE Camp over 2/3 weekends at some point in the next
12 months. You will be able to
join us over those weekends and,
at the end, have a fully working
OzGoose RV sailing dinghy. If
you would be interested in joining the camp, please can you let
us know and we will add you to
the list. The camp is likely to be
in the Northumberland, County
Durham or Cumbria regions of
the UK. We will be able to construct about 10-13 boats at any
one single camp. email richard@
barnaclebill.org for more details.
SCAMP CAMP UK 2017
Another boat bui