Practical Boat Owner – September 2019

Efforts are underway to halt the

decline in boatbuilding skills in

Scotland. The Scottish

Maritime Museum’s Scottish

Boat Building School has just

recruited the fi rst apprentice on

Scotland’s Modern

Apprenticeship in Boat

Building and Repair, which

started in March.

Edel McCarthy, 22, from

Paisley (pictured above) will

learn traditional and modern

boatbuilding skills over the

next three years. The modern

apprenticeship aims to stem

the growing skills shortage in

Scotland as an ageing marine

workforce retires with few

qualifi ed replacements.

A new 35m pontoon has opened at Riverside on the River Forth,

providing free mooring to sailors who want to visit Stirling.

Those wanting to use the facility have to book online 24 hours

in advance and will receive the access code for the pontoon

gate via email. The pontoon, which is accessible at high tide, is

around 10 minutes from the city centre. A 5m section is

available for kayakers and rowers. stirling.gov.uk/pontoon

Captain Paul Cook has been

named the new manager at

Premier’s Chichester Marina.

Capt Cook grew up in the

Lymington area and spent 25

years in the Royal Navy before

becoming captain of the

superyacht MY Anna and then

manager of the OneOcean

Rutland SC’s annual

charity Night Sail saw 13

boats taking part, helping

to raise over £1,500 for the

RNLI, Ellen MacArthur

Cancer Trust and GAIN,

which helps people with

the viral condition

Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

PBO’s Dave Selby took

part in Robert Swetman’s

Squib (right).

Work is continuing on a new

250-berth marina for Dover.

The development is being built

as part of the port’s Western

Docks revival programme.

The new facility, which will

offer all-tide access, is located

in the outer harbour and will

connect to Wellington Dock

Marina via a 120m navigation

channel and lock system. This

will give 24 hour access to

Wellington Dock. A marina

offi ce and fuelling facilities for

red and white diesel and petrol

are also included in the plans.

The new berths range in

length from 10m-18m and will

all have access to water,

electricity and lighting.

Ayr-based Prestwick SC has

won Sunsail’s Funding the

Future competition for

2018/19. The club will be

spending the £5,000 prize

money on two additional

Hartley 12 dinghies and its

Women on the Water initiative

to increase participation

among female sailors. It also

won a live Q&A with Volvo

Ocean Race winner and RYA

Director of Racing, Ian Walker

MBE.

Banbury SC and Arnside SC

were the runners up.

BOOST FOR

PRESTWICK SC

FREE MOORING AT STIRLING

NEW MARINA MANAGER

SAILING FOR

GOOD CAUSES

FUTURE BOATBUILDERS

DOVER MARINA DEVELOPMENT

Scottish

Maritime

Museum’s

Boat Building

School

The new Dover marina is

scheduled to open in

spring 2020

SCOTLAND

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