Nice little video my brother took last week. He was out fishing off Soroby beach and his little boat encountered two basking sharks! Harmless enough, these sharks feed on plankton and vegetation, but it was still enough for him to crank up the outboard motor. Basking sharks can often be seen on the ferry journey […]
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Tiree Maritime Boat Builder Courses
Three Tiree Maritime Boat Builder courses were successfully completed on Tiree during the winter of 2009/2010 and two traditional Tiree boats were renovated and a new boat was started. The Maritime Trusts aims to preserve Tiree’s maritime heritage and part of this is to provide training in traditional boat building skills. The recent courses were […]
Tiree Boatbuilding Success
The first boat-builder course organised by the Tiree Maritime Trust has been successfully completed and the second started on Friday 4th December with a third planned for January. A fabulous work-shop has been set up in the auction ring at the Rural Centre and Adam Way and his assistant Mike Dryer of A R Way […]
