Boat building on Whalsay; the last sixareen built on the isl...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
May 1961
Track ID
59789
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.27
Original Tape ID
Summary
Boat building on Whalsay; the last sixareen built on the isle.
Whalsay people often built their own boats. Some were built in Lerwick, but there was always a man on the isle who could build boats. The last sixareen [six-oared fishing boat] built for Whalsay was built in Skaw and was two feet longer than usual at twenty feet of keel rather than eighteen.
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Nesting
Island - Whalsay
Item Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Nesting
Island - Whalsay
Village/Place - Skaw
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Poor