The Norwind : A Model Schooner with Fine Lace Sails
Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - Saturday, October 28th 2023
Entrance Foyer, Shetland Museum & Archives
The Norwind is a restored model schooner, built in the early 1940s by Thomas Bruce of Skaw, Whalsay. She was named after a ship that was wrecked on the east banks of Skaw and is most likely made from wood from her wreckage. Angela Williamson, granddaughter of the model maker took a keen interest in her grandfather’s yacht and commissioned her restoration as a family heirloom. The Norwind was restored as a two-mast schooner, while Angela hand-knitted Shetland Fine Lace Sails in sea-themed traditional patterns to complete the restoration.
Find out more about the restoration project here.
Angela Irvine
