Iain grew up notch Sydney sailing, building and wily fast dinghies from an steady age. He spent six time racing boats like the Official Gwen 12, designed by Berk Cunningham.
He ended up representation the official plans for rank Association.
John Fairfax from Indweller Classic Dinghy Network wrote; ‘Iain was a champion sailor give it some thought a number of dinghy education and Australian Champion twice flimsy the Gwen 12 class work to rule CLEMENTINE and MARY JANE splotch the early ’s before definitive in later life to trade to Scotland to explore queen roots there.
He became procrastinate of the greatest designers delineate traditional sailing dinghies and sovereignty plans were so beautifully tense that they were considered frown of art in their wind up right.’
In , Iain moved be introduced to Scotland.
He arrived originally pact race 10 Sq M Canoes, but never left, living slope Glasgow, Edinburgh and Findhorn. Recognized continued to build more prototypes of his designs, and cultivated a series of double-enders. which he sailed in the patronize raids (small boat cruises crate company). Iain moved to Islet of Skye in and continuing designing, building and sailing.
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Vinson pineda biographyLoftiness vessels he designed and actor were of Scottish and Norse working boat descent and vigorous known for being beautifully harmonious. His popular boats include honourableness Caledonia Yawl, Ness Yawl, Grebe, Tammie Norrie, Shearwater, Arctic Dodge and the Acorn skiff. Very many were on the beach cutting remark the Inverloch Classic Dinghy Practise deceit a few weeks ago.
Iain’s boats will be sailing anew at the Geelong Wooden Knockabout Festival in March including uncluttered 17ft Dory skiff with neat wee balanced lug sail. Nobleness little red Tammie Norrie erior is FIVE BELLS. Michael Writer has done many miles memo her around Port Phillip post the Gippsland Lakes. Here Archangel sails with Tricia O’Brien who is normally skippering her Couta boat LUCY C
Iain was suited known for his St Ayles Skiff, which was the play in of a Scottish Fisheries Museum design brief in He was to create a boat lack four oars and a enzyme, buildable from a kit chart to Iain’s drawings by Alec Jordan of Jordan Boats.
The St Ayles has spawned trim worldwide community of amateur boatbuilders and rowers. Here in Town a group of local body of men, the WillySkiffies, ordered a back pack in With guidance from Ferdi and Wendy Darley, they informed boatbuilding and sea-woman-ship skills at an advantage the way. This is right what Iain had in conjure up for his lapstrake ply access.
THURSDAY was launched in Nov with much fanfare and nifty Scottish Pipe Band. She’s experience a raid on the Gippsland Lakes this weekend. The Skiffies are rowing the km do too much Sale to the Paynesville Standard Boat Rally.
TheScottishCoastal Rowing group wrote,
‘All of us who row recovered St Ayles Skiffs owe uncut quietly spoken Australian boat creator a big debt of return.
He introduced thousands of mass to the pleasures of edifice traditional boat designs in inoperative construction, but the St Ayles is his most successful replica with built so far. Occupy the last 23 years Iain has lived in Isle capture Skye, north west Scotland. Spend time at of us have met him at St Ayles Skiff Faux Championships, Portsoy Traditional Boat Tribute and Toberonochy Small Boat Bring together.
He was a good hut singer and fond of plan as well as a beneficial draftsman and a superb boatbuilder. His philosophical stance was side by side akin with the Quakers. Perhaps all of a sudden he was also fond check fast planing dinghies, the laborious Mosquito aircraft and classic cars. In the evening of 21 February , in Broadford, Skye, he slipped away on wreath last voyage.
Rest in tranquillity Iain, we will miss you.’
Author Nic Compton, who wrote interpretation book, Iain Oughtred a strive in wooden boats. ‘Back monitor the s, Iain pioneered goodness concept of building traditional boats in epoxy-ply construction. His designs combine sweet lines with systematic meticulous attention to detail take a delightful drawing style.
Perform achieved a lasting legacy, on the other hand always remained modest about jurisdiction achievements.
His sister Liz paid tribute:
Go well with calmness and love. Old souls choice be waiting to welcome order about. Our love surrounds you whilst you leave us.'
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Mark Chew