Act 1

• "I was standing there crying real big sobs”

  reveals alec's overwhelming grief towards his mothers death and is overcome with sadness allowing himself to grieve
• "Ah’m gonnae get ma da tae fix it up. Ma da's a sailmaker"

  alec is optimistic and believes davies promise to repair the yacht, making the yacht a symbol of hope and alec admires davie and his former profession
• "maybe ma da'll go back tae his trade"

  alec is optimistic and naive despite the death of the shipbuilding

  industry he still thinks of davie as a sailmaker
• '"Ah was lookin at the sky above oor house. An ah thought an saw her"

  Alec telLs ian he thought he saw virgin mary
• " ah always imagined him fishin in thae big deep pools a watter "

  alec has a lively and imaginative mind
• "better than being a painter" /"or a saimaker" / "or a tickman"

  alec and ian dont admire their fathers job and don't want to follow in their footsteps
• "Ah’ll shove it in the glory hole out the road"

  alec realises the yacht that once symbolised hope now symbolises Davies broken promises