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17/5/10Plockton Boat Day
We had a great day on Saturday 15th May at the Plockton Small Boat…
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12/5/10
Letterfearn Boat ready for sea trials!
The Letterfearn boat will be launched on Saturday 15th May at 4PM. See the Events…
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12/5/10
Larch, Oak and Ash sapplings planted in Fernaig and Balmacara
Stuart Findlay of the Forestry Commission kindly organised 450 sapplings for the team to…
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Welcome to Am Bàta!
Welcome to the website of Am Bàta, the exciting traditional boat building project set up in Plockton in Ross-shire in North West Scotland, to celebrate Highland 2007. The project is teaching traditional boat building skills to young people at Plockton High School and to members of the community in evening classes and is now in its third year. The project is nearing the end of its initial 3 years of funding, so we're now actively looking for new sources of funding to continue developing Am Bata into the future. We are planning to setup as a company limited by guarantee, and held a public meeting on Thursday 18th February to set up a group to take these plans forward. Watch the News section for regular updates on our progress with this.
In this site you will find a wealth of information about the traditional boats of the area - how they are built, how they were used in the past and how they continue to be used by the Plockton Small Boat Sailing Club. Have a look at the webcam in the boatshed, photographs covering the construction techniques and events and an online museum about the heritage surrounding traditional boats of the area. As the project progresses, this will be added to and include photographs, archives, audio clips and oral tradition about boats and boat use.
Come back often and have a look at the latest developments.
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Featured news article: There’s so much news it’s hard to know where to start!
Let’s complete the story so far for the Letterfearn boat, which was launched on Friday 4th June onto her home waters of Loch Long in a special naming ceremony. She was named "Sguman" by Ronnie Maclean, her new owner, which is the name of one of the hills on the shore of Loch Long. (Sguman Cointich translated from Gaelic means Mossy Peak.) The weather was kind to the launch party, and Sguman took to the loch beatifully. The builders had…
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