Traditional Maritime Skills

Traditional Maritime Skills The 2 Seas area (the English Channel and the North Sea) has a rich marine history, with a wealth of ships and boats steeped in nautical heritage and character.

Preserving traditional boat building skills and promoting their potential to strengthen competitiveness and employment in the marine sector throughout the 2 Seas area. The traditions and skills of this maritime industry is an important asset which is highly valued by those living in the regions along the coastline of the UK, Netherlands and Belgium. It is both a key part of these regions’ history

and economy, as well as an important cultural attraction for visitors. However, across the regions the preservation of this sailing heritage is under threat. The skills unique to wooden boat building are known to a small and decreasing number of experts, who are of progressing age. If no action is taken, it is only a matter of time before these skills become extinct.

http://www.boat-building.org/archives/1108
29/06/2012

http://www.boat-building.org/archives/1108

The 13th edition of Ostend at Anchor was a hit! An estimated 250,000 people in Ostend the 13th edition of the maritime festival “Ostend at Anchor” attended. Spread over four days – from 25 to 28 May – visitors could take a 150 classic sailing ships that were docked in admiring the harbor. This year’...

Belgian Boat Show took place over 6 days at the exhibition halls of Flanders Expo in Ghent and was a great sucess with m...
29/06/2012

Belgian Boat Show took place over 6 days at the exhibition halls of Flanders Expo in Ghent and was a great sucess with more than 26,000 interested parties who attended.
11th, 12th, 13th Febraury 2012
17th, 18th, 19th February 2012

29/06/2012
http://www.boat-building.org/archives/1008
29/06/2012

http://www.boat-building.org/archives/1008

On 30 April 2012 the organization De Scute in Blankenberge re-launched the legendary Blankenbergse barge St. Peter which was restored by volunteers of the association. The Scute was rebuilt from 1992 to 1999, as a monument to remind us that Blankenberge until the 19th century was a fishing commu...

http://www.boat-building.org/archives/932
29/06/2012

http://www.boat-building.org/archives/932

The Shipyards Baasrode, the site for excellence in maritime heritage in Flanders, had on Saturday March 31 the opening of the new museum season. The historical boatyard in Van Praet (where until 1986 iron ships were built and restored) promoted the Interreg project “Traditional Maritime Skills”....

*NEW EXAMPLE SKILLS* See example skills recorded and documented, showcasing the exciting world of traditional boat-build...
11/06/2012

*NEW EXAMPLE SKILLS* See example skills recorded and documented, showcasing the exciting world of traditional boat-building techniques and mastery.

See all at www.boat-building.org

There is a benefit to laminating the stem of a small dinghy, as it produces a very strong and stable structure and is commonplace in small boat building. Tra...

24/05/2012

Cornish wooden boatbuilder Marcus Lewis is this week launching his beautiful Mayflower dinghy, marking the exciting revival of a classic gunter rigged design.

Top quality building of traditional wooden boats up to 32ft, including local (Cornwall) 'One Design' Racing yachts, Clin...
24/05/2012

Top quality building of traditional wooden boats up to 32ft, including local (Cornwall) 'One Design' Racing yachts, Clinker or Corvel Rowing Dinghies, Motor Launches and Murray Petersons designs. Full or Partial restoration/rebuilds of wooden craft undertaken and wooden masts, spars and flag poles are all custom made.

24/05/2012

The traditional maritime skills project in Cornwall has been following a number of projects. There was an opportunity to record the building of the first May...

Since 2004 the Foundation Museum Harbour Zeeland has been dedicated to preservation of maritime heritage and boasts a pe...
24/05/2012

Since 2004 the Foundation Museum Harbour Zeeland has been dedicated to preservation of maritime heritage and boasts a permanant restoration shipyard; the 'City & Commercial Wharf' on the Vissersdijk.

Tolerant Boatyard is a non-profit conservation organisation for the maritime heritage in Flanders. The organisation rest...
24/05/2012

Tolerant Boatyard is a non-profit conservation organisation for the maritime heritage in Flanders. The organisation restores and repairs authentic Flemish and Zeeland boats.

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