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
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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 k...
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.

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

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

Suddenly, she's starting to look a bit more like a boat!
13/06/2026

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

The strongback has been assembled, and the station moulds are going up! Quite a major milestone.
04/06/2026

The strongback has been assembled, and the station moulds are going up! Quite a major milestone.

23/05/2026

Warm day for working! I don't usually do selfie videos (hence why I said right side when I meant left). These modern newfangled notions. Wasn't like this when I was a boy.

Thank you to Alex Savage for this great photo of me handling the gaff line while making sail on the wherry Albion.
22/05/2026

Thank you to Alex Savage for this great photo of me handling the gaff line while making sail on the wherry Albion.

If you haven't seen it yet, we've been making sawdust fly here at the Lady Garnet HQ.
16/05/2026

If you haven't seen it yet, we've been making sawdust fly here at the Lady Garnet HQ.

32 likes, 3 comments. "Making the sawdust fly for my 54-foot sailing wherry! - Ep. 31 - Building Lady Garnet"

Last weekend, Allie and I went to the Broads to crew on the trading wherry Albion (1898) as she begins her sailing seaso...
15/05/2026

Last weekend, Allie and I went to the Broads to crew on the trading wherry Albion (1898) as she begins her sailing season. This was my first time on Albion since I was officially promoted to mate! There was plenty of wind during both sailing trips, which was ideal, and I spent quite a lot of time at the tiller.

Do you ever wonder what I get up to when I'm not building Lady Garnet? Well, here's a sample of what I do at the boatyar...
14/05/2026

Do you ever wonder what I get up to when I'm not building Lady Garnet? Well, here's a sample of what I do at the boatyard for my proper job... Mixed in with other photos of yard manager Charlie looking deceptively posh and a puppy holding up Julian (actually, on closer inspection, it's the other way round), you can see me fitting comfortably under the stern deck of a slipper launch ( #5), crewing for Charlie on towing jobs ( #6 and #7), recaulking a different slipper launch ( #11) and inspecting our master boatbuilder Julian's replanking work ( #15).

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