Charity dookers are being urged to brave the waters of Broughty Ferry in record numbers to celebrate 130 years in style.
Broughty Ferry New Year Dook organisers hope to attract thousands to the water next year in an attempt to be the biggest in Scotland and enter the record books.
Joyce McIntosh of the open water swimming club Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association, Phibbies for short, said the group, which started up in 1884, wanted to do something special on its 130th anniversary.
She said: “We want to achieve the biggest dook in Scotland and get ourselves in the Guinness Book of World Records.
“It will be all changed for 2015. This coming New Year we are going to introduce a children’s fancy dress section.
“We want to be creative and open it up to as many people as possible.
“We might even have relay races across the harbour to Tayport.
“A lot of people come up from Glasgow, Edinburgh and we even have people coming up from England for the dook.”
She said the dook started off as a tradition of fishermen in Broughty Ferry but now other places have jumped on the bandwagon and they want to reclaim the event for Dundee.
Joyce said: “It is good for the city. If people come as a group of eight and they all raise £120 each that’s £1,000 going to much-needed charities in Dundee.
“If anyone has a project in mind this is a very good opportunity to raise funds.”
The group wants to get as many people signed up early, especially businesses and school groups, to break the record.
Participants receive a certificate and T-shirt as well as a hot drink and towel at the event.
The group is running a series of information nights in Broughty Ferry Library from 7pm on Monday February 25 to Thursday February 27 for people to find out more.
More information is available at www.yeaaba.org.uk/the-dook.