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Apr 19
5 min

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

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Feb 19
3 min

Ness Yoals

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

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Dec 6, 2019
5 min

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 ...

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Sep 2, 2019
10 min

Ruminations on Rudders… Dr Adrian Osler

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

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Jun 29, 2019
4 min

Conserving a Rare Museum Treasure

Read about the conservation of this unusual Norwegian færing which has been modified for use in Shetland. This boat was used during WWII ...

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Jun 3, 2019
2 min

Boats in sheds on Whalsay

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

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Mar 22, 2019
4 min

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 thes...

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