Nigel Gray
Nigel belongs to: The Coble and Keelboat Society
Nigel was born near Hexham. He has always been interested in traditional boats and has operated a variety of wooden boats for commercial and recreational purposes. He has recently built his own boat in his garage using traditional tools and techniques.
Nigel was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 13 November 2005. The interview took place at the Interviewee's living room and lasted 34 minutes and 25 seconds.
Superstitions
"Well there’s a thing now. You should never mention the name of the boat within earshot of the boat until it’s launched"
Well there’s a thing now. You should never mention the name of the boat within earshot of the boat until it’s launched. So I don’t know if the boat can hear or not, but I think, well, I’ve got an idea, I’ve got a Cornish name for it which I think is quite nice because it’s little and it’s quite, sort of thing, I think the name suits the boat. But, I mean, in the mind, there’s a little place near a village called Port Looe in Cornwall and its called Trevisky, and I quite like the idea of that name, Trevisky.
Nigel has 22 memories in the memorynet:
Nigel's memories with a Traditions theme:
Interest in traditional boats- Process of building a wooden boat
- Sourcing traditional boat building tools
- The adze and caulking irons
- Superstitions
- Sound of the augur
- Sound of caulking
- Sound of a jack plane
The adze- Caulking irons
- Cotton
- Hand brace and augurs
- Wooden caulking mallet
- Jack plane
- Half model and plans
Nigel's other memories:
This memory has these themes:
Superstitions | Traditions
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