tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post4002471512961037248..comments2024-03-28T09:34:38.146+00:00Comments on Bursledon Blog: Loire BoatsBursledon Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post-15474040946230803402016-04-20T20:39:57.096+01:002016-04-20T20:39:57.096+01:00Oh, how I do enjoy a good run down a swollen river...Oh, how I do enjoy a good run down a swollen river!dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029107535174533838.post-20172258284450184242016-04-19T08:47:54.646+01:002016-04-19T08:47:54.646+01:00I am reading a book by Harlan Hubbard called '...I am reading a book by Harlan Hubbard called 'Shanty Boat' about 7 years drifting on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in the 1940s - your last photograph is of the very same type. <br /><br />The American yacht designer William Atkin designed one of these called 'Slowpoke' which I thought was an appropriate name - As you have commented this type would make a great holiday boat - surrounded of course by a liberal brace of rowboats and sailing dinghies!!Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com