spindrift

[brandy]

hiya,
was just wondering, does anyone have any pics. or info on the fishing boat Spindrift? it was hubbys dad and brothers boat and was sold on years ago. i have tried to find info on the net about it but havent found anything!
we have a couple of pics, but would love to have more info and pics if possible.. if anyone can help me it would be a great help!!!

[Venture]

http://forum.caithness.org/showthread.php?t=59141

A recent thread on here had a reference to the Spindrift. It is in the short film about Wick Radio. I am sure I have seen photographs of the Spindrift in the thread about the old Wick photographs in the Photography section. If not Im sure you will get something from the Heritage Centre.

[Mizpah]

hiya,
was just wondering, does anyone have any pics. or info on the fishing boat Spindrift? it was hubbys dad and brothers boat and was sold on years ago. i have tried to find info on the net about it but havent found anything!
we have a couple of pics, but would love to have more info and pics if possible.. if anyone can help me it would be a great help!!!

Hi there, remember being out on the Spindrift when I was young but there are pictures of the boat on the web site fishingnostalgia.com

You will find them in the fishing boat section. Happy hunting

[brandy]

the website dosent work, is it the correct url?

[TBH]

Try this link:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXhVI5p1mw

[buggyracer]

the website dosent work, is it the correct url?


try this

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/

[Venture]

Try this link:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXhVI5p1mw


I think brandy meant the fishing nostalgia website TBH. I can't get it to work either.

[TBH]

The nostalgia link sees to be working now.

[coppertop 1958]

hiya,
was just wondering, does anyone have any pics. or info on the fishing boat Spindrift? it was hubbys dad and brothers boat and was sold on years ago. i have tried to find info on the net about it but havent found anything!
we have a couple of pics, but would love to have more info and pics if possible.. if anyone can help me it would be a great help!!!

hello can you tell me more info about the boat numbers where the boat was ...wick scrabster what !!! ....

[brandy]

umm the boat was in wick harbour and its number was WK 177 it was a blue fishing boat.. and owned my the miller brothers.

[brokencross]

The Spindrift was WK177 and there is a film of it in the Scottish Screen Archives if you wanted to investigate further. Was based in Wick I think.
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=4617

[brandy]

nope still not working for me the link that is!

[jm.mack]

HI, I remember the Spindrift in Wick when I was a young lad, I think she was sold around the mid seventies, don't know where to though. Here are a couple of links to some pictures on the trawler photos website. You can also search the picture gallery on this site, you may find some more.

http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17194
http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27847

Hope the links work for you, if not I can try and resend.

[Corsastu]

hi my dad managed to get a dvd of it as his dad used to co-own it (my grandad) jockey

[Mizpah]

Hi there, remember being out on the Spindrift when I was young but there are pictures of the boat on the web site fishingnostalgia.com

You will find them in the fishing boat section. Happy hunting

Hi sorry I mislead you there as the site should have read:-
www.shipsnostalgia.com (http://www.shipsnostalgia.com)

I have just checked the site and you should find what you are looking for under the category - gallery's and then fishing vessels and you will find the Spindrift - happy hunting.

If by any chance you cannot get into through this link just do a Google search for it.

[brandy]

this is great guys! thanks so much for all the help! so far have found several pics!!
if any one can find a pic with Donald Miller in it with the boat would be magic!

[bonami]

One of the pics on ether Ships Nostalgia or Trawler Photos has Don Miller in it ( not close up) Also photos of what the boat looks like now converted to a pleasure boat which is a shame. Bit of a pity she was not preserved as she was as she was of the Zulo type boat and there is not many of them left now. There used to be a model of her in the Wick Heritage Centre most likely still there.:lol:

[plumber]

HI, I remember the Spindrift in Wick when I was a young lad, I think she was sold around the mid seventies, don't know where to though. Here are a couple of links to some pictures on the trawler photos website. You can also search the picture gallery on this site, you may find some more.

http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17194
http://www.trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27847

Hope the links work for you, if not I can try and resend.
Thanks for the link, found a nice photo of the boat my father owned with his brothers. The Morning Star WK27

[jm.mack]

No problem plumber, there are quite a few pics of the old Wick boats under the vintage section.

I remember the Morning Star, did a few trips on her when I was just a youngster, Donald plowman was skipper at the time.

[peter macdonald]

Brandy the Spindrift was originally called the Rose her details are below
INS 329 ROSE Tonnage 21.38 built of wood in 1933 by Wood of Lossiemouth She had a Gardner engine and was built for A Mitchell of Lossiemouth. She was bought to Wick by the Miller family and John Duncan fishsalesmen in the early
1950s She was what is termed a motorised Zulu in design. In other words her design was orginally used for sailing vessels with the angled sternpost and then adapted for motorised use ;-))
All best
PM

[Kirdon]

Macdonalds the photographers in shore lane have an excellent photo of the spindrift in the outer harbour that they will copy and sell if you want.