James (Jim) Ramsay 1935 - 2025

Posted: 01/04/2025 16:27:33

The Trustees and crew of Tall Ship Glenlee were saddened to hear of the death of Jim Ramsay last week.  Jim was an important member of the group that organised the restoration of the ship when she returned from Spain in 1993.

A great deal of structural work was required on the vessel and Jim, an excellent draftsman, provided the very detailed careful plans and diagrams that set the scene for the subsequent work required to start to get Glenlee back into shape

A ship’s draughtsman, formerly with Scott and Sons Bowling Ltd - an important shipyard on the River Clyde, with a reputation for the quality and reliability of its workmanship - he was ideally equipped to draw excellent and beautiful plans for the half-deckhouse, the forecastle and its sidehouses, the poop with its deck beams, hatches and coamings all based on Glenlee's 1896 specifications.

His valuable contribution provided a significant basis for the appearance of Glenlee that we see today and for which we owe him a debt of gratitude.