scottishboating

  I have to share an utterly remarkable book that I have just received from Amazon. Being a sucker for all kinds of material on sailing and ...

MacAllisters yard in the 1970s was a cheerful place to spend winter weekends. It was run by two men, I think brothers-in-law, Mr Buck and Mr...

The Song of the Shieldhall Glasgow Corporation had two fine ships taking sewage sludge from the population, then of a million or s...

Today the weather is absolutely dire, low visibility, constant rain, strong wind. Although I’m glad the boat is ashore I’m rem...

“It's a kind of black market activity, kept under the radar to avoid accidents with inexperienced people sailing boats with no bu...

Summer Cruise 1977 Note: Stroma is a twenty eight foot racing yacht built in 1929, number 4 of the first group of Islanders, designe...

My original intention in providing the Mariota with auxiliary power was to build a conventional outboard well at the aft end of the c...