Unusual One Design near completion
FREE PROJECT BOAT – Could be worth a look….NEW One Design with shallow draft potentially great for the Broads? 24ft 6” length 7ft 6” beam…
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SEA Shipshape East Anglia Bursary Scheme Announced
SEA Grants Scheme International Boatbuilding Training College, Lowestoft, in partnership with National Historic Ships UK, has launched the Coastal Communities Funded ‘SEA Grants Scheme’. The…
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Chelsea Flower Show 2017 – IBTC to sponsor garden
IBTC Lowestoft are creating a garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2017 The year is 1117. By the edge of a Norfolk river a boat-builder has…
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Cardboard Boats
Sailing in a cardboard boat !! Working with Ship Shape East Anglia the International Boatbuilding Training College (IBTC) based at Sea Lake Road, Oulton Broad…
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Hopeful Puffin – Building a watertight pram dinghy
The following article originally appeared in the March issue of Epoxycraft, the online WEST SYSTEM epoxy magazine. A few years ago, Gary Breeze bought plans…
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Where Are They Now?
Two former students who are making waves in the boatbuilding world are Henry Harston and Harry Grapes of Broadland Boat Builders. We caught up with…
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Southampton Boat Show 2016
The IBTC Lowestoft put on an impressive display at the Southampton Boat Show in September this year. Our stand showed off the high level of…
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Novocain to Nordic Folkboat
IBTC Lowestoft prides itself on the broad age range of its students which helps to create a vibrant atmosphere in the workshops. Our mature students…
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Not just Boats – FURNITURE!
Thirty years ago I was living in a tent in Southern Sudan near to the Ethiopian border. Nomadic tribes populated the area and occasionally they…
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