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REFUGEES & SKIFFS

Peter Doyle, of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Australia, is delighted and very proud to have been invited by the Refugee Council of Australia to tell the story of the Geelong St Ayles Skiff project as THE launch event for ‘National Refugee Week’ along with the leader of the

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Great River Race results & Photos

Seven St Ayles took part in this year’s GRR – four from the Netherlands and three from England. On a somewhat grey day, I caught the skiffs passing Westminster from Vauxhall Bridge, then nipped on the train to catch

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Southampton Boat Show

A few weeks ago, Robbie mentioned in another post that a St Ayles would be on display, and another built at the Southampton Boat Show from the 11th to the 20th of September. As we had just moved house

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More news from Tasmania

Monday saw the racing action move from the Wooden Boat Festival to the Royal Hobart Regatta a mile or so north of the harbour. The crews rowed their boats around to the Hobart Showgrounds past HMAS Sydney which should

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Coull Joins the Anstruther Fleet

Anstruther’s third skiff, “Coull D.”, was launched on Sunday 11 May 2014.  The skiff is named after Coull Deas MBE, skipper of the Reaper for many years and a stalwart of the Scottish Fisheries Museum Boats Club, which helps

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Racing between Castles

Last year some of us enjoyed the Exciseman’s Chase which involved the foot of Culzean Castle on the Ayrshire coast. And again, there was an enjoyable Lochalsh Row in June. Well this year, how about a race between 2

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