In Memoriam: Iain Oughtred

All of us who row in St Ayles Skiffs owe a quietly spoken Australian boat designer a big debt of gratitude. In 2008 the Scottish Fisheries Museum approached Iain Oughtred to design a boat for 4 rowers and a cox, to be made from a kit by Alec Jordan.  Iain …

Skiffie Worlds 2025 News!

St Ayles Skiff International (SASI) are pleased to formally announce that the 2025 St Ayles Skiff World Championship has been awarded to Stranraer Water Sports Association and will be held during the following dates Sunday 6th until Saturday 12th July 2025. Stranraer Water Sports Association hosted SkiffieWorlds 2019 which was …

Measurement Rules 2023

After consultation with the NCAs SASI has updated the Building and Measurement Rules for 2023 in accordance with its aims stated earlier. Changes have been made to the sections Oars, Rudder and the Measurement by Officials. A method statement has been added to address the rudder surface area requirement in …

Evaluation SkiffieWorlds 2022

SASI has been evaluating SkiffieWorlds 2022 by taking comments received and has had consultations with its partners VMS and DARA to come to recommendations for future events. The major events were discussed at length and will be taken forward in making SkiffieWorlds 2025 the next succesful edition of our mutual …

SkiffieWorlds 2022 to go ahead!

It is with great pleasure that SASI board can announce that SkiffieWorlds 2022 in Kortgene, the Netherlands will go ahead as planned. Covid restrictions are lifted in the Netherlands and travel is unrestricted albeit with proof of vaccination or recovery from Covid when coming from outside the EU/Schengen area. All …