scottishboating
everything about boating, more or less in Scotland
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Lovely Boat-building Weather
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It's a great delight being able to build a boat by the sea and especially nice in Argyll, where the weather is better than anywhere e...
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Saturday, 1 October 2016
A Twenty first Century Model of Livadia
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The memory of childhood visits to the Kevingrove Art Gallery, from the era when much of the ground floor was devoted to the ship models...
Thursday, 29 September 2016
The Romanov yacht Livadia - Imperial vanity or prototype weapon of war?
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There’s an old saying that the last things anyone wants on a yacht are an umbrella or a naval officer, but a fairy fountain decorated b...
Thursday, 18 August 2016
A Start is made
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Inner stems made After a couple of years of thinking about it a decision about the next boat has been made and she’s going to be a Koti...
Friday, 17 June 2016
Gigha on the West Coast
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Utterly lovely video of my old friend Scott and his son on their yacht Gigha. She's a couple of years younger than my Stroma. The foot...
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016
Islanders again
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There's a simplicity and serenity about a Scottish Islander that you just don't get with a modern yacht. Canna is ba...
Friday, 27 May 2016
Unrecorded History
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On a point near an abandoned croft, the history of the ordinary folk is unwritten.
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