Sailing

Musings Around Eddie's Noost

If you go down Sundibanks and look right, you see a little böd right at the beach. That’s Eddie’s böd. Walk down to it and there’s ...

Ness Yoal builders: chips and shavings by Dr Adrian Osler

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

Ness Yoals

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

Learn About Fishing Boats of Viking Origin.

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

Boats in sheds on Whalsay

An amazing, fun day out on Whalsay looking at historic boats that are resting in sheds.

Stop the Rot!

In my opinion there is nothing sadder than seeing a traditional Shetland boat lying in its noost, slowly rotting away. Sadly many of...