From Scotland to the South Seas in a Shetland boat
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Girl Pat built in 2019 She is based on the Beer Luggers of Devon Clinker built the planking is 34 inch thick well seasoned larch The deck is 1 inch thick top grade Oregon pine Girl Pat is 18ft long excluding the bow sprit She is fitted with an Oregon pine mast yard and bowsprit and American oak rudder She has a standing lugsail and jib The sails which are unused are heavy duty canvas and are believed to have come from a WW2 convoy ships lifeboat And Pat Peter Mathesons American wife of 46 years