links to wooden and work boat sites

WBRF Links

Other Great Causes:

The Turks & Caicos Maritime Heritage Federation--click here. The mandate for the Turks and Caicos Maritime Heritage Federation is the research, preservation, promotion and education of Turks and Caicos maritime heritage. The aim of these projects is the continuity of handing down tradition from one generation to the next.

Rocking the Boat---click here. Rocking the Boat is a boatbuilding and on-water education program based out of the southwest Bronx, New York City. Through a hands-on alternative approach to education and youth development, Rocking the Boat addresses the need for inner city youth to achieve practical and tangible goals, relevant to both everyday life and future aspirations.

The Dorain Restoration Project----click here. http://www.projectdorian.co.ukWelcome to our web site, this site is devoted to the restoration of the Dunkirk little ship 'DORIAN' one of the 'little ships' that rescued troops from the beaches at Dunkirk in 1940.

Publications:

Classic Boat Magazine. This is a great Magazine for the classic boat nut.

Good Old Boat Magazine. Realistic, pragmatic stuff for all of us! Really real look at boats.

Maritime Life and Traditions. Another great one. Real boats from real times when people were really working.

Watercraft. We need more boating like this. Hits affordable small boats. A good day when I see this in the mailbox!

Wooden Boat Magazine. If you don't already get it, you are not ready to have an old boat.

Resources:

Mystic Seaport. All kinds of stuff---call them and get there ASAP. They also offer great classes in boat repair, etc.

Old Gaffers Association. Gaffers dream land!

Classic Marine's web-link page. Theirs is so good, just go there if its not here!

Trailer regs. for USA highways. Good to know.

Course/classes:

Mystic Seaport. Great classes---especially their wooden boat repair class. They are thinking of stopping this class due to difficulties filling it---lets get 6-10 people together and get them serious again! Contact me bioelf@mindspring.com

Equipment Sources:

Classic Marine. A UK company with great stuff for wooden boats of all kinds. A must for gaffers.

Shipwrights:

Thaddeus Van Gilder--Thaddeus J. Van Gilder. sailorguy26f2@hotmail.com, cell (717)314-2137

Located in the southeast Pa, Southern NJ region. I have and still do part-time work as a wooden boat builder, repairer, and surveyor.
He able to look at and evaluate boats in the south Jersey, southeast PA region, and occasionally the northern Chesapeake (If in the
area). Please float him some $ to cover gas and expenses or...?

Brooklin Boat Yard

http://www.lymanmorse.com/builders/brooklin_boatyard.htm

Richard Fewtrell, CT USA 860 526 3193

Gannon and Benjamin. Vineyard Haven USA.

Rockport Marine

http://www.rockportmarine.com/

Robert Stevens

417 Montsweag Road

Woolwich, ME 04579

207: 442-0754

207: 319-4395 (cell)

Boats Surveyors: