Arctic Tern

This versatile double ender is one of the more popular boats at the larger end of our sailing boats.  She started life as a scaled down version of the Ness Yawl, then came into her own as a separate and highly versatile design.

Iain Oughtred’s own “Jeanie II” was built with a finer waterline, giving her a superior pointing ability, ably demonstrated at Portsoy Festival one year when Iain sailed her straight out of the harbour into a brisk northerly breeze while every other boat had to tack to achieve the same task.

More recently, Iain has both stretched the design into the Sooty Tern, and has shortened it for a Swiss client for whom the standard length would greatly increase the registration fees. The Sooty Tern is shown in these pages as a separate boat design.