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.



  • 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.




  • Your Story


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    What Other Visitors Have Said

    Click below to see the Yarns spun by other visitors to this page...

    Unfuggedabul olidays  starstarstarstarstar
    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..  starstarstarstarstar
    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....

    Priorities   Not rated yet
    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 ...

    Interlude in Atlantis  Not rated yet
    ‘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  Not rated yet
    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  Not rated yet
    '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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