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flying-boatman.bsky.social

Thames based rowing boatman and trophy oar painter. Also find me at Insta flying_boatman

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Finally doing some serious design and calculations for the proposed children's house in the shared garden. Octagonal frame. Finished circular. I haven't calculated the area of a cylinder or cone for decades!

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Rabbit hands a NSFW lapel pin to a friend.

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Bouncey enough for a bunny?

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What do you reckon Rabbit? Easily fixed?

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The wonder of nature captured in ice on a windscreen. Anyone have an explanation for this seemingly random pattern?

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A note from a friend who does a lot of research into rowing, prompted by the recent death of a schoolboy rower in Melbourne, AUS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRd_...

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Crew from a recent film.

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World Book Day is coming so The Apprentice and I have been in the workshop making props for her costume.

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Another historical recreation job done.

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A wet Monday. The perfect time to notice a soggy sock and realise that it's time for some new work boots.

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Someone is 8. Awesome presents.

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Rabbit had a big day in London, including a ride in the Great Glass Elevator to Mrs Flying Boatmans office, and a special treat at Fortnum and Mason.

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The Apprentice is in her happy place

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Shared around my club by members who had the start of their race interupted by the dangerous actions of some halfwitted powerboat driver. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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School holidays mean The Apprentice and Rabbit have jobs in the workshop.

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Gearing up for a 1911 duplicate

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"Yes, I did row a little at one time - why, how did you discover that?" Sent by a friend. Never met anyone like this. Never, I swear...

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Interesting old components. Never seen this wheel and bearing design before. 1990s Aylings 1x

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An irregular edition of a regular job.

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Yearly freebie for the club done.

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Copper tip, cleaned up, replaced.

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I think we can call this one done.

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The Apprentice made me laugh last night when she described squirrels as "grey fluffy balls of mayhem".

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Motorcycle workshop next-door has adopted a squirrel. Finally there is video. Meet McVittie.

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It won't be exact but it will be a good reproduction.

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Brilliant idea for old sports/event kit. Convert to cushions. www.facebook.com/share/p/14nf...

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The Rowing Gods have shined upon me today. Managed to get this out with barely any swearing.

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90 year old varnish.

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A brilliant oar repair in challenging conditions. t.co/Tf63qTIBim

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Not content with selling out her first print run of books, Mrs Flying Boatman has now uploaded a Kindle version of her book to Amazon. Go and be amazed. The Money Pizza: The Slice By Slice Guide to Being Your Own Money

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First coat of varnish

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The Work Experience Boy came around after school to help assemble a new batch of boat light mounts. Now I get to add the lanyards.

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The Apprentice had to make a model of Stonehenge for school. I printed out a detailed plan, then we recreated the current look in modelling clay. Scale was a bit small. She said the snack version I made before Christmas was much better...

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One new saxboard. Now to do the other side...

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The Apprentice made a rainbow ring of rabbits.

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Having fun fitting new saxboards to a boat.

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Just sanding back this Cambri..., Oxford..., no, actually Cambridge oar. I have a feeling that there is a good story somewhere here.

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Custom order boat light mount in extra tall size. Standard design to left. theflyingboatman.co.uk/product/bow-...

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