Description

Shetland’s most famous Ness Yole commissioned by single ownership after 33 years.
Rigged with both dipping lug and standing square sails, stern and side rudders., six oars and c/w twin axle road trailer.
Scottish Larch on grown oak. Copper clenched and treenail fastened
Finish: Recent Deks Olje D2 varnish over D1 oil

Dipping lug sail:
of flax by Frode Bjoru – Trondelag, Norway. Scandinavia’s leading sailmaker, Frode later made the silk sail for Draken Harald Harfagre, the world’s largest Viking Age replica ship.
Hemp roping
Rig: Tarred hemp
Square sail:
of synthetic Clipper Canvas by Finola Goggin – Howth, Ireland, ex bosun on Asgard, the brigantine training ship.
Rig: Hempex
Oars: Six
Rudders:Transom hung and Side hung as Viking Age
Trailer: Galvanised double axle, spare wheel, winch, multiple rollers

Specifications

Construction

Aluna Ivy is the most famous of the recent Ness Yoles, and a replica of the boat Ivy built in South Shetland in 1905, now preserved in the Unst Boat Haven Museum. Ivy was regarded as the most beautiful of the Ness Yoles, and also safe to go to sea returning with up to 2000kg of fish. Her lines were published by the National Maritime Museum’s monograph “The Shetland Boat” by Adrian Osler. Aluna Ivy was built in 1993 by Ian Best who trained in Norway in traditional boat building. He has demonstrated Shetland’s boat building around the world and is regarded as the foremost builder of Yoles. These sail and six-oar boats were used for fishing in the fast tidal narrows around the islands, as well as up to 30 km offshore. They owe their origins to Norwegian imports from the seventeenth century, and construction characteristics to their ancestry of Viking Age vessels. She was built for her present highly experienced owner and has attended many maritime festivals in the UK, Iceland and Brest 2000. She is fast under sail, once recording a 10.4 knots average for 60 minutes, and oar, forgiving in gusty conditions, and sailed as a dipping lugger or standing square sail with Viking Age rig. She has sailed extensively as a family boat on the West Coast of Scotland. She was featured in Classic Boat magazine when selected as one of the world’s most beautiful boats and was an inspiration for Ian Oughtred who knew her well, in designing his smaller St Ayles rowing skiffs.
Many photographs available on request. Lying Aberdeen. Delivery assistance may be possible

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