Category Archives: Sail and oar

Peggy, of Casteltown: the world’s oldest yacht?

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Peggy Bawn Press

It was an emotional moment this week when Peggy, probably the world’s oldest yacht – born 1789 – departed her boathouse at Castletown on the Isle of Man for the first time in c200 years – vertically, instead of horizontally. … Continue reading →

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Reviews

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

We’ve recently been enjoying undertaking a long overdue update to the Reviews page at this blog. As the northern hemisphere days shorten – and more often than not darken – it’s often a time to reflect. This time three years … Continue reading →

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Pride of Portree

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Peggy Bawn Press

They said it themselves: “one of the most hare-brained projects Skye has seen for some time.” We would add: beautifully hare-brained. This summer, an intrepid team from the Isle of Skye will raise funds for the RNLI and Young Carers … Continue reading →

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Vulcan lifeboats

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

G.L. Watson’s lifeboat designs feature strongly in Gavin Atkin’s recent in the boatshed blog post on Thames Ironworks Heritage Trust’s ambitious plans to revive the memory of a forgotten Leviathan of British shipbuilding. Many of Watson’s ‘pulling and sailing’ lifeboats … Continue reading →

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Scottish Boating

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

Our friend and blogger, Ewan Kennedy, shares his passion for all things Clyde and West of Scotland nautical – especially the wonderful cult of small boat building, sailing and rowing there, and the people involved in that, past and present … Continue reading →

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Coastal Rowing 3

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

What the sea oar sees – a different take on coastal rowing from  St. Michael’s Rowing Club, Dún Laoghaire. Which reminds us… we hugely enjoyed a 2013 summer’s day at the seaside watching the coastal rowing at Wicklow Regatta; scampi, … Continue reading →

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The Weekend Watson – S.S. Hebrides

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

The world’s first hybrid roll-on-roll-off ferry, Hallaig, built by Ferguson Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow for Caledonian MacBrayne’s Sconser (Skye) / Raasay route, began trials last week on the Firth of Clyde. When launched last December, she was billed as the … Continue reading →

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Clyde Classic

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

Clyde Classic, the first of three very special Scottish and Irish classic yacht regattas this summer, survived a blustery weekend at Rhu on the upper Firth of Clyde – not least because events off the water, at the associated Design … Continue reading →

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The Weekend Watson – Charles Henry Ashley

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

Charles Henry Ashley really is a G.L. Watson for the Weekend – you can sail and row in her… or should it be row and sail… “To a reader today, it may seem strange that men would elect to use … Continue reading →

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Justice to the line

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Peggy Bawn Press

If you had wanderlust 1000 years ago, you needed a boat. If you were about to go on a “Viking”, you needed a very stout boat. The major “Vikings!” exhibition which opened this weekend at Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland … Continue reading →

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