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Hoy Head towing snipes on a Longhope regatta day.
View Large VersionPicture added on 13 December 2008
Not a life jacket on any of them, how times have changed, that three women are no even givan them a glance, a lot o help they would be if they gead buddum up!!
Added by John Budge on 16 December 2008
there is a photo in the Girnel of Dan Grieve in First Attempt at a Stromness regatta with Screwy Rendall wearing an inner tube for a lifejacket.
Added by William Watters on 17 December 2008
There are some watchful men at the stern, however. I think I may be able to name the guys in the boats, when I have time to enlarge the photo. I think I would have been there as the only female crew at that time. My father, Douglas Robertson, and I both wore lifejackets - our combined weight would have been about 16 stone - but we managed to avoid swimming when we sailed together! Some crews had their boats on the deck of the Hoy Head; a bit warmer.
Added by Sheena Taylor on 17 December 2008
Perhaps Alfie Flett in the front of the boat on the left and Sinclair Muir in the boat behind the Hoy Head.
Added by Sheena Taylor on 18 August 2009
Hoy and Walls
