No I won’t be marching up and down with a placard shouting. I’ve been selected by the Crafts Council of Ireland to demonstrate rope fender making at this years Waterford Tallships Festival on Thursday the 30th of June and Friday the 1st of July from 11am to 8pm at the craft village near the quays.

Come on down for a chat and learn a great skill for protecting your boat and using up old rope. It’s set to be a great few days with lots to see and do and the weather looks like it might even co-operate.

I’m also going to be making a half hull model of an 1891 22 foot 2 horsepower petrol launch pictured above. I want to see what she’ll look like in the round as a super efficient boat like this would be perfect as a family or dayboat for inland and inshore work.

Why not contact Tiernan Roe, about having your own boat built, by phoning +353 (0)28 38973 or e-mailing roeboats@ymail.com

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Finally I’ve had time to finish the half hull model of William Hands 25 foot raised deck motor cruiser, Zenith. I started it around the time I did a bit of work on the model yacht started by my father, which has progressed a lot more in the last few months than it has in the preceding 5 decades, which isn’t saying much.
As you can see Zenith would be lovely looking boat. She has a classic fine hollow forefoot that should slice through the water, combined with plenty of rocker for good seakeeping and with her straight chine in the afterbody she should cut a rather stylish dash as you travel around the coast. Powered with an inboard of around 20 horsepower you won’t need to refill very often and with her comfortable two berth cabin with galley and head she’ll make you a fine economic river or coastal cruiser.

Anyway I made the mistake of rushing the start of this model which meant i had to paint which made the whole thing a lot more involved and complicated. I couldn’t get a good finish coat when I was making dust and trying to find time at the weekend to back into the workshop proved difficult and so on and so forth. So the next half hull I’m going to make will be better and unpainted. I’ve already picked a subject which is a boat that is Irish but hasn’t been built in over a 120 years. You’ll just have to subscribe to the blog to find out all about when it’s finished.
If you’d like to have your own full sized Zenith why not give Tiernan a ring on +353 (0)28 38973 or +353 (0)86 158 6937 or drop me and email.

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Well here’s the finished boat. As you can see she’s come a long way from the very tired looking boat she once was. This is a few weeks ago. I’ve been really busy this last while with other projects, research and getting ready for the Baltimore Wooden Boat Festival, I’ll be doing a posting about that later.Here’s the before shot.

Roeboats, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, t:+353 (0)28 38973 m: +353 (0)86 158 69 37 e:roeboats@ymail.com