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Ainmara Ballad Video Tells The Story of Classic Yawl

5th December 2014
Ainmara Ballad Video Tells The Story of Classic Yawl

#ainmara – A shanty sung by Jim Uprichard tells the tale of the Dickie Gomes skippered and self-maintained 102-year-old 36ft–yawl Ainmara that has featured regularly on Afloat.ie

The brief youtube video (above) of Dickie Gomes' Ainmara shows clips from a 'reunion' cruise to the Western Isles in July with Ed Wheeler in Witchcraft and Pete Adams, Jesz Fleming, Geordie Lynas, Dave Witherow and his Kiwi friend John 'Two Pies' Dean.

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