Remains of the original boat house and sail loft at Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua. The boat house and sail loft were built in 1797. Ships would tie up in the narrow central channel (wet dock) and the sails would be hoisted from the boats up to the sail loft through a trap door for repair.

Originally the boat house was a huge two storey building; the ground floor was used for general storage and the repair of ship's tenders; the upper floor was used to repair ship's sails and to make new sails.   

The boat house and sail loft was damaged by an earthquake in 1845 and severely damaged again by a hurricane in English Harbour in 1871, which resulted in the sail loft loosing it's roof. Today all that remains of the original building are the massive boat house pillars, which have been capped with concrete to prevent water damage to the stone and preserve them against further decay.

The Boat House and Joiners Loft was built in 1778 and restored in 1972. Originally open at ground level, carpenters and joiners worked here on boat parts.