July - 2016

This records the boat building, rowing and social activities of the club from 2012 through 2016, and originates from a blog authored by Chris Ireland who led the building of the club’s first St Ayles Skiff over the winter of 2012/13.

The blog posts can be filtered by topic or by date. Blog post comments are disabled so please contact us if you have questions or comments about our history.

Since 2016, the club’s activities have been recorded in Instagram posts which can also be viewed on this website.

Jul 31, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 31st

Jane, Tony, Marilyn, Ann, Sandy, Bob and Elyse Last dispatch from the 2016 Skiffie World Championships in Northern Ireland. The races are...

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Jul 28, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 28

The Battle Of The Boats continued today with 2 races for us, both Men’s and Women’s 50+. Our times were very good but not quite good...

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Jul 27, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 27th

The Ayle Of Quinte mixed 60+ team made it to the finals in the World Skiff Championships under typical Irish skies. The team achieved a...

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Jul 27, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 25th

Skiffs Worlds day 1 and the women had a very good race. We didn’t win but we had a fine time even with the current. I was interviewed on...

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Jul 26, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 26th

Rowing in #81, Ramharry, the men’s 60+ team did The County proud with a very good race under misty conditions. Robbie, our Scottish...

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Jul 25, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 24th

Your cub reporter reporting from Strangford Lough, Ireland Jane Dean

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Jul 24, 20161 min read

Let the Races Begin

Ayle of Quinte Skiff Club is entered in the following races over the next six days at the Skiffie Worlds.They will be competing in the...

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Jul 22, 20160 min read

Skiffie Worlds Events Programme

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Jul 20, 20161 min read

Skiffie Worlds Update, July 20th

The championship course lies just off Delamont Country Park , at the mouth of the Quoile Estuary. The Ayle of Quinte’s Team Canada...

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Jul 14, 20161 min read

Off to Ireland

Team Canada received a mayoral sendoff before they head to Ireland for the Skiffie Worlds later this month. Prince Edward County mayor,...

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Jul 11, 20161 min read

The Weekend Challenge Race

Unfortunately Mother Nature decided to take part in the weekend’s activities with the introduction of thunderstorms, forcing the...

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Jul 7, 20161 min read

Heading to Lake Champlain

After this morning’s row, the boats were given a good cleanup and then loaded onto the trailers for the trip to Vermont. For the last...

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Jul 3, 20161 min read

Mixed Crew

Aspiring young rowers with their Gramma and Grandpa who are heading to Ireland for the Skiffie World’s later this month.

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Jul 2, 20161 min read

The Last Stretch

The last thing that needed to be done to the William S Shipp was to install a foot stretcher for the stroke oarsman. Because the cox...

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Ayle of Quinte Skiff Club Prince Edward County's Coastal Rowing Club

Ayle of Quinte Skiff Club
Prince Edward County's Coastal Rowing Club