Tom Tom — Wooden boat enthusiast

Notes from a small wooden boat.

Hello! I’m Tom. I created Small Boat Works to share notes on sailing, building, and keeping small boats shipshape. I sail an 11’ clinker dinghy on Britain’s lakes and estuaries, and I’m passionate about dinghy cruising, traditional boatbuilding, and seamanship.

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Aug 10, 2025

Workshop Air Filter

Building a Corsi-Rosenthal Box

Jul 5, 2025

A Minimum Viable Workshop

Making a boat building space

May 17, 2025

Adventures with a Hobie Wave

Our First Hobie Wave Adventure

Apr 18, 2025

Handmade Tools

A new mallet and chisel handle

Mar 15, 2025

Day Skipper

Lessons in Leadership and Navigation

Feb 15, 2025

Hand Plane Refurbishment

Refurbishing Stanley hand planes

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

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