Port Appin boathouse

Port Appin boathouse is a new project with Appin Community Development Trust working with the Appin Skiff Community Project to bring the old boathouse in Port Appin into community ownership as a permanent home for skiff group activities. These will include boat building and a range of water-based activities for all sections of the community to participate in.  Such activities will include recreational and competitive coastal rowing in the Appin skiff.

Unused for many years, the boathouse had fallen into a semi-derelict state until the skiff group spotted its potential as a base for their boat building activities.  In 2016, the skiff group obtained a lease on the property from owners, Argyll and Bute Council, and carried out basic improvements to bring the property into a useable condition. We are now seeking to bring the property into full community ownership as the basis for making further improvements to the building and securing it for community seafaring activities for the long term.

Agreement on sale of the property has been reached with Argyll & Bute Council and we are now in the process of securing the necessary funding to allow the purchase to proceed.

Read more about Appin Skiff here.