All Afloat: A Chronicle Of Craft And Waterways

Hook: A voyage through time told in wood, rope and memory-where every ripple reveals a craftsperson's lore. All Afloat offers a vivid panorama of nautical history through the patient eyes of William Wood. This maritime chronicle blends craftsman memoirs with the lived life of rivers and seas, tracing shipbuilding traditions, boatyard routines, and the bustling rhythms of port towns in late Victorian Britain. It is a human-scale voyage: honest, precise, full of the smells of pitch and tar, t...