# Orkney Historic Boat Society

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC044884
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** May 28, 2014
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC044884


## Contact

- **Address:** The Sycamores
- **Postcode:** KW16 3BA
- **Website:** www.ohbs.org



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Preserve and interpret and communicate Orkney&#x27;s maritime heritage, in particular by collecting and preserving historic Orkney boats.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Society’s purposes are: To advance the preservation, interpretation and communication of Orkney maritime heritage. To achieve these purposes, the Society will: 1. Collect, restore and preserve boats built in Orkney or that have contributed to Orkney life. 2. Collect, restore and preserve maritime artefacts related to Orkney maritime heritage. 3. Manage the collection of boats and artefacts in a sustainable manner. 4. Build and maintain a set of tools, materials and equipment required to support the restoration and preservation of boats and artefacts in the collection. 5. Restore and preserve the boats and artefacts in the collection using traditional boat building skills and crafts. 6. Preserve traditional boat building skills and crafts through support for education and training. 7. Research and publish information about the boats and artefacts in the collection or related to Orkney maritime heritage. 8. Educate the public about Orkney maritime heritage. 9. Establish a boat museum in Orkney through which the boats, artefacts and related knowledge can be interpreted and communicated to the public.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Orkney Islands
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






