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Open Country: The Boat Builders of Pin Mill

The Boat Builders of Pin Mill

26/07/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, The Boat Builders of Pin Mill

Helen Mark sets sail from Pin Mill to discover the history of boat building in Suffolk.

Pin Mill in Suffolk is home to two boat builders and many vessels. Helen Mark sails with writer Jonathan Gornall to find out why he has built his own boat here on the River Orwell.

Writer Jonathan Gornall has attempted to row across the Atlantic twice. On the second attempt he nearly drowned but his relationship with the sea has continued. Today he spends his time at Pin Mill in Suffolk where he has just built a small sailing boat for his daughter and he hopes the boat will teach her to love the sea too. Helen Mark meets him and the boat building community who live beside the River Orwell to discover the great history of sailing which remains at the heart of Pin Mill today.

'How to Build a Boat' by Jonathan Gornall
http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/How-To-Build-A-Boat/Jonathan-Gornall/9781471164781.

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