Last Saturday Morning saw the prototype heading to Eyemouth for a day in the harbour where more than 30 people sampled her charms to considerable acclaim, in almost perfect conditions. With the leading edge of the storm that caused so much damage on the East Coast starting making its presence felt, she wasn’t taken out into the bay – this time.
Once loaded back onto the trailer a quick visit was made to St Abbs, where again she drew more great interest, to the extent that there is now a kit on order for the village, bringing the total numnber to 19.
High Winds in Dunbar
On Sunday morning she moved on to Dunbar. Even in this apparently sheltered harbour, the Low was making its presence felt, and only one crew took her out in the harbour in conditions that can only be descibed as testing for a crew that had never rowed together or in this boat. At one point she was doing 4-5 knots down the harbour purely from the wind’s effect on the oars!