•Part 2 of our Alternative Guide to Family Sailing
•The Coble – ubiquitous on the East Coast of Great Britain for over 1000 years, we take a look at the design of this unique boat , how and why it evolved the way it did. We’ll also look at how it impacted the people who sailed them to earn a living and continue to do so to this day and their community.
•We’ll be travelling to Filey and Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast to speak to fishermen and to look at some amazing restored sailing cobles in Bridlington.
•Jerome Delaunay – archaeologist by day, boat designer by night. Jerome will be telling us about his innovative micro cruising scows.
•Paul Fisher, prolific boat designer at Selway Fisher will be answering your questions
•Technical articles from Mike Field and Mark Aplin
•Vikings – the influence of their boat building methods
•The Barnacle Bill Oz Goose Project gets under way
•Osbert Lancaster
•Gavin Atkin
•Keith Callaghan, we look at Keith’s designs
•The Aln Boatyard – closed 30 years ago, but we look at some of their work
And Much More