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This is a new site from the kit manufacturers <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160315123253/http://jordanboats.co.uk/JB/">Jordan Boats</a> which will carry information about the skiffs which is broader than the SCRA site <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160315123253/http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/">www.scottishcoastalrowing.org</a>.</p> <p>During the Southampton Boat Show, we built a St Ayles Skiff from scratch to the point of gluing the first gunwale lamination so that the hull could be trailered off the exhibition site. 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