21' Oughtred Wee Seal, Lengthened (2008) - KOTIK

Longer version of Iain Oughtreds Wee Seal. Sometimes one gets a chance to build a nice wooden boat.
I got a call from Mikhail Markov from Russia. He saw one of my news items in Watercraft Magazine and wanted a new boat being built by me!
He already had contact with Iain Oughtred for a stretched version of the Wee Seal, named Kotik, and I would build him this first one for him.
I even had Iain himself in my workshop during the build; when organising an ‘Iain Oughtraid’ next to my workshop at the Uitgeester-lake.
Iain had to come twice: the first time we organised this ‘raid’ he was unable to come over because of the dust-clouds from vulcanoes on Iceland.
The second time was wonderful.
Eventually the Kotik was handed over to Mikhail on Iain Oughtreds birthday on september 15th! As is my birthday too!!!