I bought an oughtred ness yawl

I bought a Ness Yole, Iain Oughtred. It was the inability to secure a local mooring, bullish slipping ratees & the blood-freezing costs of anything "marine", that turned my head. The prospect of buying a beautiful wooden boat that could cruise the rivers & coast influenced me greatly. The Ness Yawl is also human scale. She can be handled solo at sea, in the shed or the beach. Sailing & rowing thin & quiet waters sets my heart adrift. 
This is Ilona, David her builder is to the left, is now too unwell to go sailing. So, good for me  she was begrudgingly offered for sale, or sail. 
Part Viking & Scottish in appearance but modern in design she sails like a proverbial witches broom. 

My vision for her is a beautiful & seaworthy craft to cruise hard into my early retirement at least. Yes, I could have bought a kit & built for around the same money, but I'd Rather Be Sailing! And that's due to begin days from now after an 1100k road trip.  

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