Ahoy there, Julie Whitefield’s boat sailing from Dunedin, New Zealand to you! My boat is based on the shrimp net experiments that my paternal grandfather (Eric Croft) did in the 1960s to create a more efficient design for catching ability and ease of escape for undersized catch. He was awarded the MBE for his efforts. All his life he was associated with the sea and lived in Pilling, Lancashire. This paper boat has an enlarged version of his original text which he wrote on his typewriter and the drawings of some of the trial nets. Walnut ink made from the walnuts in my garden has been used to introduce a New Zealand link to the boat’s construction.
Julie
Julie
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