Story of the Grimsay Boats

Traditional Scottish Boatbuilding on the Isle of Grimsay. A video about Grimsay Boatshed Trust. The Grimsay Boatshed was established in 2001 to ensure the survival of the vernacular boatbuilding style developed by generations of the Stewart family since the 1850s. At one time, there were three Stewart sheds at Kenary on Grimsay; they built as many as 1000 boats over the years for local lobster fishermen and crofters. Today, the Boatshed maintains the Grimsay fleet of larger creel boats and traditional Stewart ones from a modern shed handling boats up to 12m and 20 tonnes, with a full-time Boatbuilder/Craftsman and trainee Boatbuilder.