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The blog will now be devoted not to boat building but to my 82-year-old Vertue, Sally II, now undergoing a well needed refit at Johnson & Loftus in Ullapool (and gliding...)
The blog will now be devoted not to boat building but to my 82-year-old Vertue, Sally II, now undergoing a well needed refit at Johnson & Loftus in Ullapool (and gliding...)
Nice and not a drop of varnish to be seen, she should stay looking good for longer - fabulous shape
ReplyDeleteWill we be seeing her on the water? Hope so.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful boat! Thanks for the additional pics!
ReplyDeleteShe´s beautifull and 100% oars. She must be very tippy without the oars sticking out to the sides. We often forget how much 2 sets of oars stabilize a hull.
ReplyDeleteShe looks a lot like the Oughtred St. Ayles skiff so popular these days.
Ah, but she does have a rig! And I will be sailing her when the weather improves and I have made her some oars.
ReplyDeleteThe photos suggest a tippiness that is less apparent in real life. She has ample stability and the characteristic 45-degree angled garboards that give these boats grip, and help give them a stiffer midships section by hardening the turn of the bilge somewhat.
Clever Mr Ian Best, the builder, and generations of Shetland men who refined the shape (and of course the Vikings, without whom we would never have had these shapes in the first place).
Maybe more photos? Let me know...
What kind of rig would that be. In Scandinavia this kind of boats had sprit and jib rigs. A very low aspect sail area. When the main is almost square, the tension from the sprit straightens the jib. No stays needed.
ReplyDeleteHere you have a drawing of a little sweetie:
http://www.batritningar.se/BoatplansDetails.aspx?Id=5
I have yet to see the rig. Maybe next week, if the weather serves, we may launch her. Photos, of course...
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