The Norwind : A Model Schooner with Fine Lace Sails

The Norwind : A Model Schooner with Fine Lace Sails

Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - Saturday, October 28th 2023
Entrance Foyer, Shetland Museum & Archives

The Norwind is a restored model schooner, built in the early 1940s by Thomas Bruce of Skaw, Whalsay. She was named after a ship that was wrecked on the east banks of Skaw and is most likely made from wood from her wreckage. Angela Williamson, granddaughter of the model maker took a keen interest in her grandfather’s yacht and commissioned her restoration as a family heirloom. The Norwind was restored as a two-mast schooner, while Angela hand-knitted Shetland Fine Lace Sails in sea-themed traditional patterns to complete the restoration.

Find out more about the restoration project here.

The Norwind

Angela Irvine

Tammie Bruce (steering) Model maker with Lowrie Simpson Skaw, Whalsay

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