Thames Skiff, Veneer, Woodworking Tools & Equip.
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Thames Skiff, Veneer, Woodworking Tools & Equip.
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Description
Graeme King, maker of the world's finest racing shells, is retiring and closing his Vermont facility before moving home to Australia. We will be selling, among other things, wood working and metal fabrication machinery, wood boat building materials, a fine & beautifully restored, top of the line 1880's Messum's Thames skiff and several partly restored wood racing shells as well as the last boat built by King!
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About King Racing Shells
Graeme King was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1947. He became fascinated with boats at the early age of five while watching a news reel of an eight oared shell rac...more
E. Messum & Sons Thames Skiff no. AA34
THAMES SKIFF circa 1870s. From about 1860 to the first World War (1914) Thousands of this type of boat were built by the various boat yards that lined the upper Thames Ri...more