Christine Thain Award

 At the end of June Julian and I got an email from Richard, the organizer of the Portsoy Festival. It contained the following text

"Christine Thain Award

"As you may remember, at each festival an award is made in memory of a great supporter of the festival, Christine Thain. The award is for; just being the best boat at the festival in the eyes of the Maritime Co-Ordinator, i.e. me.

"This is not for the cleanest, oldest, shiniest, etc. etc boat, its purely for the boat that I thought was just a wee bit more special than all the others, for the story behind it, and its crew.

"You may not have noticed me, but I did go around and look at all the boats, and where possible chatted with the owners, albeit a bit more briefly than I’d hoped (that was going to be my job for Sunday).

"This year’s winner is the boat Robinetta. She’s a really pretty boat, and one that sails regularly and is very well loved and used. (This coming from someone who drives a 30 year old car every day, which is also well loved and very used). The crew write about the boat and their adventures and really promote the beauty and experiences of life with a  boat that has seen many a tide and port through its life.  I’ll be in touch with the owners to ship the award to them."

 We  received the award in the post today, and were totally bowled over. 

Thank you very much, Portsoy. We really enjoyed our time there and this clock makes a lovely memento.