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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Some dads helped me finish the main frame of the children's garden house today.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Stairwell cat wants to know where you are going when you will be back.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Kitten's first time outside the apartment.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

New product drop! theflyingboatman.co.uk/product/nk-s...

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The Apprentice sketching by the Thames.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Making a new rudder tiller for a friend. New one has a sensible reinforcement added.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The aerial was snapped off the roof of the car. I managed to extract the stuck remaining threaded end. Sometimes luck is on your side. Off to buy a lottery ticket...

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

How to know that small people have been near your computer...

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Apprentice has created a likeness of the new kitten using pipe cleaners, cotton wool, and googly eyes. Archibald Prize contender!

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

25 years ago...Throw back Thursday. This is my original compact stern light design for rowing boats. "The Tadpole" (I had considered The Able Seaman, but was told *no*) sold well for a few years. Found in a dusty box of spare parts and half finished prototypes.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Some tools are just too much fun to watch

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The darndest thing happened. One moment you are considering replacing your misbehaving 12yo sander, then another tool just appears in your basket at checkout time. 🤔

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dover Castle (up on the hill!) looking glorious on a sunny day.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The weather was perfect last weekend for a "rigging basics" course for the KGS Vets club. It's a mix of coaching and technical concepts, all designed to give the rower a fuller understanding of how the boat rigging works and what it means to your body.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Friend needs to film some rowing for a school project. DIY boat tripod under construction.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Yes we can shorten these oars are make them adjustable. Retrofit time.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How is everyone else's Monday morning going?

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The kitten has discovered that there is a hot water pipe running under the tiles in front of the bath tub that makes the floor toasty warm.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The Apprentice has chosen a name. Meet Lady Meowmalade.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Meet the newest member of the family. She is currently unnamed.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It's not just crew lists and coats of arms. My talented friend Stu created this on an oar spoon i provided. See his work here instagram.com/stuart.storey.…

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The Apprentice has been out with the watercolours.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Found time to tinker with this again. Test CNC run in foam didn't produce good results, so I'm reversing the way I'm going to make the moulds. Hopefully that makes the CNC paths easier to create and give me a better result.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Apprentice met some flamingos today

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Who doesn't love the power of a double barrelled glue gun!

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Usually old sleeves just pop off. Sometimes they don't. Heat gun, mallet, carefully aimed swearing...then success.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The single most expensive item is the tube of structural glue! More oar renovation stuff from @concept2.bsky.social

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Feeding the neighbours cats for a couple of days. One of them has left a thank you gift.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

When your child has to build a viking boat for school and you have boat building skills...

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Just delivered a trophy oar job that is a retirement gift for a coach who had "a way with words". Never painted that word on an oar before!!!

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

*SNAP* Owww! The joys of tying lanyards with bungie cord.

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The Flying Boatman @flying-boatman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Now not only available from my webshop, but also via the Thangs/Shapeways system for direct purchase. This may be quicker/cheaper for USA and EU customers. thangs.com/designer/Fly...