Tom Tom — Wooden boat enthusiast

Notes from a small wooden boat.

Hello! My name is Tom and I created this site to share my notes on sailing, building and upkeep of small boats. I sail an 11ft clinker dinghy on England’s lakes and estuaries. My interests are in dinghy cruising as well as traditional boat building and seamanship.

Jan 18, 2025

Loch Aline to Dunstaffnage

Passage notes from Loch Aline to Dunstaffnage

Dec 23, 2024

New RSS Feed

Website updates

Nov 29, 2024

Chisel Restoration

Restoring old tools

Nov 23, 2024

First Night Aboard

Holy Island Rally

Oct 27, 2024

Putting it all together - Part 3: A New Downhaul

Designing and making a new downhaul attachment

Sep 25, 2024

Putting it all together - Part 2: The Centreboard Case

Maintaining and strengthening a wooden centreboard case

Jul 24, 2024

Putting it all together - Part 1: Deck Reinforcement

Strengthening the deck beam

Jun 17, 2024

Traeth Bach DCA Rally 2023

Last summer's trip

Apr 19, 2024

I found my boat on YouTube

A surprising search result

Apr 11, 2024

Milling ash

From flitch to plank

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