Your Boating Yarns

This is a collection of boating yarns and tales sent in by visitors to DIY Wood Boat.

How true they are I will leave up to you to judge.

We all love to read about and learn from the funny or embarrassing moments of others.

So, please tell us about yours. Or perhaps you have had an unforgettable romantic interlude or adventure you’d like to tell us about.

I Remember Expo 67! >>>>>

Only Left Turns

Our E Bay Adventure-with Left Turns Only

Drying Out in Eastern Washington State, having gotten Wet in Seattle

Like Father like Son,

building a “Popular Mechanics PM-38”

Priorities.

Unfuggedabul olidays.

An old Wooden Boat Rescued from the Fire.

Rats Eyes. A Tale from the French Canals.

Good Ol' Gerty. Or Taming the Shrew

Dance to the End of Time.

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What Other Visitors Have Said

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Only Left Turns Our E Bay Adventure-with Left Turns Only

Some people think E Bay is the greatest digital success story since DOS. I personally am going ...

Priorities A Wooden Boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village.

A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked how long ...

Unfuggedabul olidays Jerkish gullet or the best

Company has expensive, no experience in boatbuilding, we dont have the nessry, facultys, kipment, or person, We dont no how ...

Rescuing an old Wooden Boat from the fire.. Some friends of mine knew I was looking for a wooden boat.

About a year or so one of them called me and wanted me to have a look at a boat they had....

I remember Expo 67!
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I ...

1964 40 ft Carvel Kauri Yawl Refit Ahoy there DIY, I've always loved the water and boats.

As a boy of eleven years old I'd take the really nice days of school in the summer.

I remember ...

Interlude in Atlantis ‘Hey, is this real?' laughed Natàlia as she tentatively touched Alistair's hair.

'You die your hair this colour?' she asked in almost perfect English,...

Good ol' Gerty It was a beautiful day down at the moorings on Saturday.

The sun was shining, a force 4 gusting 5 blowing, a perfect day for a sail.

But there ...

Rat’s Eyes on the French Canals 'Bill! Bill! Wake up, Bill, I can hear something on deck. Bill!' Whispered Lyn urgently as she nudged her partner.

'Umm, yes love, ' murmured Bill snuggling ...

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