Building 'Lady Garnet' - a new Trading Wherry

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Building the first Trading Wherry since 1912 at Tom Jones Boatyard in Windsor
Traditional methods for a traditional cargo-carrying sailing craft
Fundraiser and video series links 👇
https://youtu.be/u4UXJuQTdbs
https://gofund.me/977d5f85

07/11/2026

The stern knee is in place. Hurrah!

24/10/2026

New video over on YouTube at Building Lady Garnet... Bolting the stem knee onto the stempost.

24/10/2026

Latest video update! In this episode, I finish fitting the stem knee to the stem post, make threaded silicon bronze bolts, bore holes in the oak and bolt together the bow timbers.

In this episode, I finish fitting the stem knee to the stem post, m...

17/10/2026

Ready to bolt together the stem knee and stempost!

10/10/2026

Making 3/4 inch silicon bronze bolts and drilling the bolt holes in the bow timbers!

02/10/2026

The stem knee is fitted at last, next step is to make the silicon bronze bolts to hold it in place!

04/09/2026

Here's an "aerial" photo of the station moulds of Lady Garnet, and also a photo showing the work I'm doing on the stem knee.

28/08/2026

Last weekend I was crewing on the wherry Albion up on the Norfolk Broads. Great fun as always, thank you to Alex Savage for the brilliant photos!

17/07/2026

Fitting the stern knee! This was not easy to get into place. The initial fit is pretty good, definitely needs a bit of work but not too bad.

13/06/2026

Suddenly, she's starting to look a bit more like a boat!

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