Colour photograph of Willie Bunting, Donald MacKinnon, Elaine MacArthur and Lorna MacDonald at a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
L-R: Willie Bunting of Crossapol at the trophy table, Donald MacKinnon of Sandaig, teachers Elaine MacArthur of Balinoe and Lorna MacDonald of Vaul at a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Colour photograph of some winners at a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
Winners at a Tiree regatta at Scarinish in the 1980s. L-R: (back) Iain MacDonald, Skipinnish, Ruaig; Dougie Campbell, Vaul; Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Neil MacDonald, Iain’ father; Lachie Beaton, Bank House, Scarinish; Iain Aonghais MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; (middle) Alasdair ‘Billy’ MacLean, Barrapol; Duncan MacLean, Billy’s brother; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; (front) John MacLean, Duncan’s son;Alison MacLean, Duncan’s daughter.
Colour photograph of the winners of a Tiree regatta in 1987.
Winners of a Tiree regatta in 1987. L-R: (front row) Willie Bunting, Crossapol; Donald Iain Kennedy, West Hynish; Iain Whyte, Crossapol; (2nd front row) John MacLean, Duncan’s son; Duncan MacLean, Crossapol/Caoles; Iain Aonghais MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig; David Gunn, Mannal; Iain Gunn, Mannal, Iain’s brother; (2nd back row) Jim MacLennan (Jim Dubh); Lachie MacArthur, Mannal; unknown; Donald MacDonald, Heanish; Hector MacArthur, Caoles; unknown; Neil MacDonald, Skipinnish, Ruaig; Iain MacKinnon, Tor a’ Bhaile, Ruaig; Duncan MacPhee, Scarinish; (back row) Iain MacDonald, Skipinnish, Neil’s son; Lachie MacFarlane, Hynish; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Mike Stanfield, Heanish; visitor; Simon Latham, Baugh.
Regatta prize-winner Duncan MacPhee of Scarinish
Photograph of Duncan MacPhee of Scarinish during a regatta prize-giving in 1984.
Courtesy of Mr Gavin MacIntyre
Fishing was an important part of Tiree’s economy from the early 19th century to the 1930s. The boat used by the local fishermen was an open skiff, sixteen to twenty-two feet long and rigged with a dipping lug.
This had a short mast and a sail on a yard with an open foot. When the boat tacked, the sail had to be ‘dipped’ around the mast, a difficult manoeuvre. However, the rig was well-suited to the long runs out to the fishing banks several miles distant from the island.
Tiree is one of the last places in Britain where dipping lugs are raced in a summer regatta. The late Duncan MacPhee, one of the older generation of sailors, is seen in this picture receiving his prize from the Regatta Queen, Lorna MacDonald, outside the Scarinish Hotel in 1984.
Colour photograph of prize-giving at a Tiree regatta in 1984.
Regatta prize-giving outside the Scarinish Hotel in 1984. L-R: Donald MacArthur, Balinoe; Duncan MacArthur, Balinoe (brother of 1); Gordon Straker, Crossapol; Duncan MacPhee, Scarinish; Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig; Sharon MacKinnon née MacAllister; Kevin Boyd, BT, Ruaig; Regatta Queen Lorna MacDonald, Crossapol/Balevullin; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Johnny Johnson, Milton; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; two unknown children.
Colour photograph of a Tiree regatta in the 1980s.
After a Tiree regatta at Scarinish harbour in the 1980s.
Colour photograph of the Tiree pipe band playing outside the Scarinish Hotel in the 1980s.
The Tiree pipe band playing outside the Scarinish Hotel after a regatta in the 1980s. L-R: John Currie, Balinoe; Willie MacLean, Balinoe; Mairi Brown, Balevullin; Iain MacDonald, Balemartine; Gordon Connell, Crossapol; Lachie Campbell, Cornaigbeg; Morag MacArthur, Caoles; Stuart Langley, Kirkapol.
Colour photograph of prize-giving at a Tiree regatta in 1984.
The prize-giving at Tiree regatta outside the Scarinish Hotel in 1984. L-R: unknown; unknown; unknown; Alasdair MacInnes, Ruaig; Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig; Sharon MacKinnon née MacAllister; Kevin Boyd, Ruaig; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Regatta Queen Lorna MacDonald, Crossapol/Balevullin; May Margaret MacDonald, Balephuil; Johnny Johnson, Milton; unknown (in window); Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; four children unknown.
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`.
Colour photograph taken down by Scarinish harbour after a regatta in the 1980s.
Down by Scarinish harbour after a regatta in 1987. L-R: visitor; Donald MacDonald, Heanish; Tommy Monaghan, Heanish; Charlie MacLean, Salum; Murdoch MacDonald, Kilmoluaig; Iain Aonghais MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig; Mike Stanfield, Heanish; Willie Bunting, Crossapol; Simon Latham, Baugh; Donald Farquhar, Balemartine; Donald MacKinnon, Sandaig; Iain Whyte, Crossapol.
Colour photograph of Neil MacDonald of Skipinnish in 1984.
Neil MacDonald of Skipinnish with the cup he won at a Tiree regatta in 1984.
