The St Ayles skiff is a modern adaptation of the traditional Scottish Fair Isle skiff. In 2009 the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther approached boat kit manufacturer Alec Jordan to build a boat for the museum. Jordon thought it would be a good idea to revive coastal rowing regattas that had taken place in the coal mining villages on the east coast of Scotland in the 1950’s. The Museum commissioned Australian ex-pat Iain Oughtred, to design a skiff for amateur construction. His design named the St Ayles Skiff, is built to a standard International one design from the kit consisting of laser cut marine ply components, epoxy glue and locally sourced timber for thwarts, gunwales, knees and oars.
Boat building Plans
PDF of St Ayles Skiff hull plan
Building Instructions
St Ayles Skiff building instructions
Boat building kits
St Ayles skiff kits in Australia are supplied by Robert Ayliffe of NIS Boats:
NISBoats
PO Box 843
Mount Barker
South Australia 5251
Tel: +61 8 8391 3705
email: robert@nisboats.com
Boat building rules
Measurement rules
Ideas for oar construction
