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| Ellad, photo by Nigel Pert |
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| Saskia |
Interesting to see a good Scottish contingent getting awards
at the Classic Boat 2014 awards, with best restoration William Fife III’s Ellad
heading the list, and his Saskia included.
Our own St Ayles skiffs did well, coming runners-up to the
CW Hood 32 footer from the United States, a fibreglass “Spirit of Tradition”
daysailer, which I guess would have collected a few trans-Atlantic votes.
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| Skiffieworlds in Ullapool |
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| American plastic daysailer |
Among the human winners were Fiona and Alastair Houston,
tireless organisers of the Fife Regattas and Martin Black, the painstaking
biographer of G L Watson, whose massive work is a great read and a fantastic resource
for anyone looking for information about our sailing heritage of a hundred years
ago, available from our fellow blogger the
Leggy Prawn.
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| Fiona and Alastair |
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| Martin |
The images in this post have been lifted from Classic Boat,
who attribute the one of Ellad to Nigel Pert. The takers of the others are not
identified, but the one of Martin is mine, which I took when we were aboard the
Ayrshire Lass last year. It’s always nice when the commercial sector
acknowledges the efforts of those of us who publish for the fun of it.
Hi, The Houstons picture is also by Nigel Pert, it is in the mata data - along with his e-mail contact address, where you can ask permission to share!
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Sorry, will need to learn how to check that and it won't happen again.
DeleteGreat pictures! Thank you! I found some more on this website: www.nauticexpo.com/boat-manufacturer/classic-boat-16686.html
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