"outer hebrides traditional boat, sgoth niseach, at isle of skye bridge. this was when we were at kyle of lochalsh in the sgoth. that is the cuillin mountains of skye in the background. if anyone comes to the western isles, you too can come sailing in this boat!". Sgoth niseach translates into english as ness skiff, at type of small fishing vessels which evolved in the region of ness, northernmost part of the isle of lewis in the outer hebrides.. The ‘sgoth niseach’ takes its name from the ness area of northern lewis, and provided a successful fishing fleet until the arrival of steam-powered vessels. in this extract, we read about the only ‘sgoth niseach’ sailing today, sy233 ‘jubilee’..
A sgoth or sgoth niseach is a traditional type of clinker built skiff with a dipping lug rig, a lateen style sail, built mainly in ness, in the western isles of scotland. the boats were used as traditional fishing boats, particularly for line fishing, during the 19th century and until the early half of the twentieth century. [1]. The translation of sgoth niseach is ness-type skiff, ness being the northernmost part of the isle of lewis in the outer hebrides where the boats were used for fishing. runag, gaelic for little sweetheart, was planked in alaskan yellow cedar on oak, the planks and ribs fastened with traditional rose head copper nails.. Bidh mòran eòlach air an sgoth niseach às dèidh prògraim a chaidh a dhèanamh mu dheidhinn togail na sgoth 'sulaire' bho chionn 23 bliadhna. ach a-nis tha a' bhuidheann falmadair, leis a.
