LOCHGILPHEAD, SCOTLAND First Oban Skiff for more than 100 years launched
A traditional fishing boat, the first of its kind to be built for more than a century, has been launched on Scotland’s West Coast. Once a popular sight in the open waters and inshore sea lochs of Argyll, the 18ft (5.5m) long wooden Oban Skiff was the mainstay of line fishermen operating from beaches along the rugged West Coast during the late 19th century. Now, based on designs of an original vessel built 126 years
ago and recorded by historian Phillip Oke in 1936, a new version of the skiff has been built by A & R Way at
NORFOLK BROADS
Lochgilphead. “I have had a boat like this in my mind for some years as a possible stock design. When I came across this drawing she was so beautiful and so similar to what was in my mind that it has spurred me on to do the build,” said Adam Way. The new larch-on-oak boat is 18ft 4in (5.6m) with 192sqft ) of sail. Modern additions are a centreboard and
(17.8m2
Torqeedo outboard, buoyancy and a small foredeck for storage. This traditional design is Adam’s answer to a traditional trailer-sailer/raid boat for the 21st century.
Above: L to R, Rosalind Way and Adam Way, Mike Dyer (boatbuilder), William Leitch (sailmaker)... and the Skiff under sail
Buttifant rebuilding Broads cruiser
The 1958 Broads motor-cruiser Tzigane is being restored at Buttifant Yacht Builders in Ludham, Norfolk under the watchful eye of Colin Buttifant. She has pretty much been rebuilt, according to owner Robert Moore, with her decks and some deck beams replaced.
“In some places we have had to go three planks down on the hull from deck level to remove wet timbers,” he adds. New windscreens have been fitted and both sides of the wheelhouse have new timber let in. The entire superstructure has been scraped back and varnished. All the chrome work has been off and re-chromed. Stanchions and handrails have been off and had metal plates fixed inside the decks, making them rock solid. She is also rewired with a new electric fridge,
and the water system pressurised with new pipework and taps. The heads compartment has had a new baby Blake WC and the interior will get new carpets, upholstery and curtains. Her launch date has been set for early March. Tzingane was built by Jack Powles of Wroxham.
Above: Tzigane in Colin Buttifant’s workshop
BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND A teak skylight
Seth Hagen at East Passage Boatwrights in Bristol RI oversees Terry Bach clamping a dovetailed ‘mandala’ skylight for Bruce King’s White Hawk, an ode to the famous Ticonderoga. It will act as a chandelier to the boat, a King trademark. CM
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