Managed to get down to the workshop myself for a few hours, cut out the mould for the St Abbs boat. Eyemouth have progressed to the stage of glueing their first frame.

Looking down on the build. Eyemouth Boat to the top, St Abbs to the bottom.
St Abbs moulds cut out.
Eyemouth mould on stand.
Eyemouth begin Glueing [...]

The build has started. Dropped by on the way home from work to find two beutifully built frames, levelled and screwed to the floor. And a very happy johnny admiring the work. Great work guys.
Eyemouth frame takes shape.
Followed by the St Abbs frame.

Well done! Now just need some more money to pay for the glue.

Found a wonderful film of a Ring Netter being built by Weatherhead at Port Seton back in the 1960s. The title is “Build me Straight”.

Build me Straight
Hope we can build our boats straight too, and it all starts with the frame and mould. So good luck to the Eyemouth Team who start in the morning.

Some of Oor Team
We had a very successfully meeting down at our workshop on Saturday morning. Lots of people came along to see where we’ll be building the skiffs and pledge their help. We’d like to thank everyone who turned out.

We’ll be building the Eyemouth and St. Abbs boats side by side. Eyemouth will be [...]

We’ll be having a get together at 10:00am on Saturday at Dixon’s Yard so that everyone can come and see the Workshop. So if you’re interested in getting involved or are just curious you’re welcome to come along.
We’ve only just moved in, so there’s still a huge amount of work to be undertaken. But come [...]

Johnny (Eyemouth), Penny (St Abbs), Joanna (St Abbs) and I attended the Scottish Borders Events Forum meeting tonight at Reston village hall. It was an interesting meeting and we came away with a very useful information pack all about hosting events. I am sure we be in contact with the forum again to tap into [...]

On Monday Johnny took procession of the key for the Workshop, at Dixon’s Yard down by the harbour front in Eyemouth. Scottish Borders Council has donate the use of the building rent free for three months, as part of their “following the public pound” scheme. So many thanks to the Council.

A dedicated bunch of Eyemouthers [...]

We had a really successful inaugural meeting tonight at the Lifeboat Shed (thank you Alistair for letting us use the meeting room). With 19 people attending from St Abbs, Coldingham and Eyemouth, we really had to pack ourselves in. Johnny as always was an inspiration, explaining the Scottish Coastal Rowing Project and the progress Eyemouth [...]

We’re needing some tools and we’re hoping that you maybe able to help. If you have any of these lying unused please contact me (Johnny Johnston) by phone on 018907 50248.
List of Tools Required

Spoke Shave
Scale Rule (1:8)
Electric Router and Bits
Belt Sander
Rotary Sander
Clamps, clamps and more clamps.
Kettle and Teapot (These are essential)

If you have another tools [...]

Today we visited North Berwick (Cha. and myself) saw the great work being done on the two skiffs and have been greatly encouraged by all we saw. Now have verbal approval of our application for the lease of the lock up in the centre of Eyemouth for the building of the skiffs. Watch this space.