Perhaps some of the seasoned vets on here would give me some advice? My sailing experience is limited to a week-long tour of the Sound of Jura in a Bayraider, which wasn't very comfortable, plus a couple of other trips. We will soon be living beside a Scottish loch and I want a rowing boat for exercise and because I do enjoy rowing. It will only be me and Mrs Gti plus the occasional visitor so wouldn't need to seat more than four. I'd like to be able to take it and row it on different lochs so a trailer and a boat light enough for two ageing people to manage is what we need. I do like the idea of a traditional wooden skiff as we've been enjoying the videos of Leo Goolden restoring Tally Ho on Youtube so I wouldn't want fibreglass. I like the look of the Acorn skiff, which is a design by Ian Oughtred, a nice elegant, fast lightweight skiff in almost any length you want.
There are a couple of disused boathouses near us on the loch, we could re-roof one I guess but there's no jetty and we would have to keep the boat in a rather reedy little sheltered bay, meaning we would need a canvas cover, a small jetty and some kind of mooring if the National Park allowed them. Is all this a bit of a pipe dream? Any thoughts or comments?