Defying Time and Tide - ISABELLA FORTUNA
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This was my very first attempt at an oil painting early in 2009! It is based on a calendar picture which I had kept for a number of years, and shows the restored Fifie, 'Isabella Fortuna', passing Sinclair Girnigoe Castles north of Wick in evening light. The message is that, although the castles have crumbled into ruins, the 'Isabella Fortuna' is still sailing - and long may she continue. I was very familiar with Fifie designs in Tiree - we worked with what were, in effect, Fifie yawls, of about 18 to 20 feet. They were plain, strong and very serviceable boats, equipped with dipping lugs, and then (latterly) inboard engines. Our family boat was the 'Peace and Plenty' - which lasted for about 70 years. Here's to the 'Isabella Fortuna' and Scotland's other preserved Fifies.
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