[bolger] Re: message 1786 -- Bill Samson
>Bill, I have to take you to task over your posting -- the boat IainI stand corrected!
>Oughtred bought was a Westray Skiff -- I visited the builder last
>summer after seeing the Classic Boat write-up, but was too late to see
>the boat as he'd already sold it.
>If Oughtred follows his practice with the Ness Boats, he usually tries to
>I'm picky about this one because I was born on Westray, and have loved
>the skiffs for years. While I was there last summer, I gathered all
>the information I could, with an eye to building one of these myself.
>
>BTW, it was a real pleasure to visit Iain Richardson -- he took the
>time to chat, and showed me his (then) current work in progress, as
>well as a 103 year old skiff that was in for rebuilding. That was
>useful, because it was so far gone a lot of usually hidden building
>details were visible!
>
>I wonder if Oughtred will bring out a version of his own -- this would
>be a good idea for most of us, as the traditional skiff is (heavily)
>painted with tar inside, uses some 300# of stones as ballast, and has a
>fairly deep keel, all of which are awkward in a family trailer boat!
>
keep the looks above the waterline, and has something closer to a
centreboard dinghy below it. I guess the performance and handling would be
very different.
Hello there,
Bill, I have to take you to task over your posting -- the boat Iain
Oughtred bought was a Westray Skiff -- I visited the builder last
summer after seeing the Classic Boat write-up, but was too late to see
the boat as he'd already sold it.
I'm picky about this one because I was born on Westray, and have loved
the skiffs for years. While I was there last summer, I gathered all
the information I could, with an eye to building one of these myself.
BTW, it was a real pleasure to visit Iain Richardson -- he took the
time to chat, and showed me his (then) current work in progress, as
well as a 103 year old skiff that was in for rebuilding. That was
useful, because it was so far gone a lot of usually hidden building
details were visible!
I wonder if Oughtred will bring out a version of his own -- this would
be a good idea for most of us, as the traditional skiff is (heavily)
painted with tar inside, uses some 300# of stones as ballast, and has a
fairly deep keel, all of which are awkward in a family trailer boat!
By the way, I just signed on to this site -- kind of wondered where all
the Bolgerphiles had gone to, but I see a lot of familiar names here!
Jamie Orr
Bill, I have to take you to task over your posting -- the boat Iain
Oughtred bought was a Westray Skiff -- I visited the builder last
summer after seeing the Classic Boat write-up, but was too late to see
the boat as he'd already sold it.
I'm picky about this one because I was born on Westray, and have loved
the skiffs for years. While I was there last summer, I gathered all
the information I could, with an eye to building one of these myself.
BTW, it was a real pleasure to visit Iain Richardson -- he took the
time to chat, and showed me his (then) current work in progress, as
well as a 103 year old skiff that was in for rebuilding. That was
useful, because it was so far gone a lot of usually hidden building
details were visible!
I wonder if Oughtred will bring out a version of his own -- this would
be a good idea for most of us, as the traditional skiff is (heavily)
painted with tar inside, uses some 300# of stones as ballast, and has a
fairly deep keel, all of which are awkward in a family trailer boat!
By the way, I just signed on to this site -- kind of wondered where all
the Bolgerphiles had gone to, but I see a lot of familiar names here!
Jamie Orr