Boatbuilder from Norway

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00:00I'm at the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival with Olga, who's from Norway, and he's a traditional

00:07boat builder. Tell me what you're doing today, Olga. I'm making, or hewing, the garboard for a

00:13Norwegian traditional boat called the Jætbåt. Right, and how long have you been doing that?

00:21Six years now. Right, and what's the fascinating thing about making traditional boats? What do

00:28you enjoy about it? I just think it's really beautiful shapes and lines. And this is your

00:38first visit to the festival? Yeah. What do you think of this festival? It's lovely, lots of

00:42nice boats and lovely people. Excellent, and would you like to come back? Yeah, definitely. So you're

00:48here both days of the festival? Yeah. Excellent, good stuff. Thank you, thank you very much.