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Tag Archives: Thames Ironworks
Vulcan lifeboats
G.L. Watson’s lifeboat designs feature strongly in Gavin Atkin’s recent in the boatshed blog post on Thames Ironworks Heritage Trust’s ambitious plans to revive the memory of a forgotten Leviathan of British shipbuilding. Many of Watson’s ‘pulling and sailing’ lifeboats … Continue reading
Posted in boatbuilders, boatyards, G.L. Watson, G.L. Watson & Co., Lifeboat, naval architect, object of desire, RNLI, rowing, Sail and oar, shipbuilding, shipyards
Tagged Bow Creek, East London, intheboatshed, London, London 2012, Olympic Park, Olympic Stadium, Thames Ironworks, Watson Class, Watson lifeboat, West Ham United
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The Weekend Watson – Charles Henry Ashley
Charles Henry Ashley really is a G.L. Watson for the Weekend – you can sail and row in her… or should it be row and sail… “To a reader today, it may seem strange that men would elect to use … Continue reading
Posted in art, boatbuilders, Dublin Bay - The Cradle of Yacht Racing, G.L. Watson, Lifeboat, Martin Black, object of desire, RNLI, rowing, Sail and oar, shipyards, The Weekend Watson
Tagged Cemaes Bay, Cemaes Boat Club, Charles Henry Ashley, coastal rowing, Colleen Class, Hal Sisk, John Jones, Thames Ironworks, Water Wag
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