We're coming to the Southampton Boat Show - WIBB and Abbey Boatbuilder stand!

For the first time, we will have a stand at the Southampton Boat Show from 19-28th September....please come and find us and say hello! We're sharing the space with Abbey Boatbuilder....she's bringing one of her wonderful Italian hydroplanes. Thanks to Marine Ware for sponsoring us!
Every day there will be amazing women on our stand, there to chat to you about what they do, what its like working in the industry, how you can get started...or how you can progress. Mostly we are there as a community for women who are working hands-on to come and have somewhere to sit on the sofa and share their stories. 

I've been a bit quiet, because the caveat for WIBB coming to the show - we're on the Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association area - was for us to also create some fun like we had in Port Townsend last year at the Wooden Boat Festival. I didn't want to spend 10 days standing around in a show full of plastic boats, when we could be doing so much more. SO I've managed to persuade the Boat Building Academy and the WBTA to collaborate on THE WOODEN BOAT STAGE.....yes, to get a platform for the WIBB women to speak this year, we've had to create the whole platform. 
Which has meant I've been a bit busy focusing on that! 
The schedule is now finished and its amazing....I think! The WIBB network that we've been growing over the last 4 years has made it a joy to put together, and the stage will demonstrate past, present and future for wooden boatbuilding. For women to have a space, the whole industry needs to be thriving....so this is a stage for everyone. My main focus has been making it accessible.....making wooden boats seem accessible and desirable to the average SIBS punter....making the industry accessible to everyone. 
Full schedule for the Wooden Boat Stage is on the Southampton International Boat Show website! Come and find us there and say hello.