Dr Adrian Osler examines the cost of building a traditional Shetland four-oared boat (fourareen) in 1938.

Back in July I met the grandson of the Burra boatbuilder John Thomas Laurenson, who also happens to be called John. Over a cup of tea...

Bare mention of the Ivy LK237 is quite sufficient to throw this author back over forty years in time, to a couple of days of dank summertime

The Ness yoal is a type of six-oared boat, originally designed and used for commercial dorro (handline) saithe fishing. ...

...Whilst in Eastbourne I became interested in the comparison between vernacular fishing boats from nearby Hastings with those from ...

This months' guest journal post is written by eminent Shetland boat researcher Dr Adrian Osler. ...