Jeff Mackie Boat Builder

19/11/2024

We are very excited to be building a skiff and will be making a start on Saturday 23rd Nov. 10am at new Sailing Club shed.

Our boat build will be kept on track by the experienced and very talented Jeff Mackie. Thanks heaps.

Anyone interested in helping/learning/observing/giving advice please contact us for more information.

Hope you can join in on this fabulous learning opportunity and community boat build.

30/01/2023

07/12/2022

Get in touch if you'd like to help build a fishing boat based on the 'Iris' in

No experience necessary as you'll get expert guidance from Jeff Mackie Boat Builder

03/12/2022

Join Jeff Mackie Boat Builder at North Sutherland Community Forest Trust's Borgie Cabin from 20th to 23rd January for the first of our traditional skills workshops. Help build Bettyhill's own community boat based on the 'Iris WK322' in .

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04/04/2020

16ft clinker dinghy that was in a short while ago. New side decks fitted, rot repairs and new leather on the oars. Delivered primed as the owner wanted to paint themselves.

18/03/2020

A new paint job on a GRP dinghy I did recently. Not easy with the low temperatures, but a good excuse to get the space heater fired up.

16/03/2020

Timbers installed on the new build. Then followed by clinking up all the roves onto the nails. Approximately 1100 nails to clink.

11/03/2020

Sumato in for a few plank repairs at the start of the year. More than a century old and she’s still going strong!

12/12/2019

Not a boat but a Polycrub. A recently finished example of a 4x4 meter fitted out to the clients specification. Designed in Shetland, these are built to take whatever weather is thrown at them.
Feel free to get in touch about more information regarding installation and fit out. Visit polycrub.co.uk to view the different ranges and styles.

26/11/2019

Extremely satisfying planing up this plank for Falcon. Twenty one feet of continuous shavings.

11/10/2019

Here’s a quick clip showing part of the process when cutting the rabbets.

09/10/2019

The next restoration job has begun! Falcon, built by James Rosie on the isle of Swona in 1927. A new keel was fitted two winters ago and now work has started with the new planking. First the rabbets need to be cut into the keel to allow the planking to sit in flush.