Originally Posted by
antsuiga
a free boat should be embraced with an abundance of free time. It seems i am over committed for the next decade or so.
If the free offer was a half hull model, i guess i would have to wait in line for my chance.
I imagine there are others who will give special thought to this situation.
I am not scottish, but imagine my sailing ancestors must have had an influence in naming the town of uig. Wait, that reminds me of a tale.
My introduction to scotland came from a family trip in the early ‘80’s. My last name - uiga, comes from a place name in estonia. There is no translation to mean something. In the ‘90’s when internet searches were first possible, i would search the last name and usually come up with the immediate family. One time i found the book entitled the womens timber corps by uiga robertson. Surprise! I contacted the author by mail and found uiga robertson’s dad was enamored with the isle of uig, so he created uiga as his daughter’s name. The added response was that uiga had wished her mother had been a little more insistent.
In my reply, i stated if we had met earlier and married, she could have been uiga uiga! That would have given plenty of incentive to change her name.
Cheers,
ants
best story ever!
Last edited by AlanH; 03-01-2022 at 08:31 PM.
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