Colour photograph of Neil MacDonald of Skipinnish in 1984.
Neil MacDonald of Skipinnish with the cup he won at a Tiree regatta in 1984.
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Dates: 1980s
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Colour photograph of a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Tiree regatta in the 1980s. R: Donald MacIntyre of Gott in the `Isabella`. L: Donald MacKinnon of Sandaig in the `Heatherbell`.
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Tiree regatta in the 1980s
Photograph of a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Courtesy of Mr Gavin MacIntyre
The Tiree regatta was started by Peter MacNeill, a travelling salesman from Colonsay, who visited Tiree before World War I. Fishermen on Tiree had always raced back from the fishing banks and the regatta grew out of this rivalry.
The classic Tiree skiff was between 20 and 26 feet long and pointed at both ends. Some of the larger boats were half-decked but all were rigged as dipping lugs. As outboard engines came into use in the 1930s and 1940s, flat transom sterns became popular.
In the early regattas, up to thirty boats would take part in sailing and rowing races. The mid-1990s saw as many as ten Tiree boats competing regularly. Sadly in 2003 there was only one regatta with two boats and in 2004 no regatta at all.
Colour photograph of a regatta in the 1980s.
Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
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Colour photograph of Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish, Neil MacDonald of Ruaig and Iain MacKinnon of Ruaig in 1984.
L-R: Iain MacDonald of Skipinnish, Neil MacDonald of Ruaig and Iain MacKinnon of Ruaig, winners at a Tiree regatta, standing in front of Scarinish harbour in 1984.
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Colour photograph of a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Donald MacIntyre of Gott in the stern of the `Isabella` competing in a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
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Colour photograph of Duncan MacInnes and Donald MacKinnon in the 1980s.
Duncan MacInnes of Ruaig and Donald MacKinnon of Sandaig at a regatta in the 1980s.
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Colour photograph of Duncan and Billy MacLean in 1984.
Brothers Duncan and Billy MacLean in the `Heatherbelle` leaving Scarinish harbour at a regatta in 1984.
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Colour photograph of a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Alasdair MacDonald of Mannal and Gavin Carter of Crossapol competing in a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
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Colour photograph of the `Heatherbell` in Scarinish harbour in the 1980s.
The `Heatherbell` in Scarinish Harbour with the hotel in the background. L-R: `Billy` MacLean, Barrapol; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; Billy`s brother Duncan MacLean, Crossapol/Caoles.
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Colour photograph of Charlie MacLean of Salum and David Parish in 1986.
Charlie MacLean of Salum and David Parish, winners of the Dewar Shield in a 1986 Tiree regatta. (David Parish`s mother Ann Parish nee MacKenzie is the cild in photo E149)
