St Baldred was officially named on 7th July at North Berwick Harbour after a procession from the Lodge Grounds, accompanied by North Berwick Pipe Band. Article from the East Lothian Courier is here. [flickr photo=14140672040 size=medium]
Listen to this short Radio Scotland clip commenting on the launch of the “Unity” Skiff July 11th 2010 at Eyemouth, includes interview with our own Ken Reid. {loadposition mp3player}
NB1 will officially be given her name on 7th July at 20:30, at an informal ceremony to be held on the West Beach close to the lifeboat slip, to which all are cordially invited. Work of our artist in residence, Georgina Bown, which follows the progress of the build, will be exhibited at Greens and Blues …
Well done to everyone who rowed, coxed or supported at Portsoy. Particular congratulations to the winners of the Over 40’s Mixed Crew, who are probably all feeling thier age today. What a fantastic weekend! [flickr photo=14327285515 size=medium]
Well done to all of those who rowed at Port Seton on Saturday. Once again our fabulous ladies crew showed the rest of us how it should be done. However no one was left behind by too much, and we are all learning fast. {youtube}8WZeefMtwTM{/youtube} [flickr photo=14137432579 size=medium]
St Baldred has now been in the water, and what a magnificent sight she was, especially when powered over the line by the NB Women’s Open Crew (in the semi final) to win the first ever race. A slight lack of practice time may have affected our results at Anstruther, but we were never far …
NB001 has now had it’s hull faired and sanded. The outside hull will start to be painted this week. The manufacture of seats and beams has now been completed which will allow sanding and varnishing to commence. NB002 has had it’s keel fitted and is currently lying in Bay B. The clean-up of the inside …
NB001 inside hull now painted. Ready for turnover for painting of outside of hull. The hull is now ready to placed back on the building frame to have it’s outside faired, sealed and painted. The manufacture of seats and beams are progressing well and should be ready for varnishing next week.. The keel for NB02 …
After looking through hundreds of suggestions from the pupils of Law Primary and whittling them down to a shortlist of six, North Berwick’s community boat builders and future representatives of the town in rowing races against their neighbours have chosen the name “St Baldred” to be given to their first “St Ayles skiff”, a four …
General: NB001 inside hull sealing and undercoating commenced. The temperature in the shed has still been cold this week and this has had an effect on the time taken for the sealer and paint to dry. The keel for NB002 is being worked on in the workshop. Details: NB001 inside hull is now sealed and the first undercoat …