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| Ammonite |
Today the gaffers at Stornoway were ably organised by Gerald Hales for an outing in open water outside the harbour. It was blowing quite hard from
the NE, but there was a good turnout and everyone had a fine sail with plenty
of spray and water on deck. The photos give an impression of the day with all
the boats sailing well.
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| The sgoth Jubilee |
We were very interested to see the little open lugger (a
Sgoth) with her crew mastering the intricacies of sailing with a dipping lug.
Non-sailing readers only need to know that the dipping lug rig is fast but sadly is almost obsolete as the rig is difficult to handle and needs a large
skilled crew. For this reason in the days of sail the lug rig used to be
popular with smugglers and pirates and with those whose job it was to catch
them. The picture shows the little
lugger going well and we also took some video of her which can be seen on Bonita's YouTube channel here.
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| Bonita photographed by Edgar on the Lugger |
In the evening there was prize giving in Lewis’ Bar (Bonita
got an elegant locally made bowl as the prize for ‘style and grace’) and
progressed to further festivities in Windbreker's commodious and welcoming
cabin.
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| El Vigo |
Gerald had been very efficient in organising our
stay in Stornoway and we were particularly pleased as we were all presented with
elegant burgees made of Harris Tweed and inscribed ‘OGA 50 Stornoway 2013’. Harris Tweed is very durable
but does tend to be a little heavy when wet.
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| Naiad |
It needs a good breeze to get the burgee
fluttering properly. Coincidentally during
our stay we have had no shortage of wind.
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| Tantina 2 |
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