Projects; Past and Present
 
Tallow Submarine

A replica of 17th century submarine built by Mark Edwards, boatbuilder at Richmond bridge Boathouses for the BBC TV series Building The Impossible. - It worked!

 
 
 
 
CELEBRATION OF TIME
14th September 2002
The Launch of the Royal Shallop JUBILANT

The Celebration of Time was an event to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee and to introduce a brand new yet traditional craft to the river Thames. The new craft is to be called "Jubilant". The Shallop, being built at Richmond, is a replica of the eighteenth century barge on display in Somerset House in central London.

Built by Mark Edwards, a traditional boat builder at Richmond upon Thames for the Thames Traditional Rowing Association the "Jubilant" is for training disabled rowers to join able-bodied rowers in events, ceremonies and regattas on the Thames.

 
 
 
 

A recently restored gondola