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Originally Posted by horseman
As do most boats.
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Originally Posted by horseman
As do most boats.
Not being pernickity but Ronnie fished from Scrabster & this is a Wick boats thread BUT if we are to include Lybster boats as well as Dunbeath boats we could include all the Scrabster boats as weel ( there were many of them too )Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherbigin
Challenge - Owner George King
Prolific - Denny Simpson?
Kermarvin - Skipper Ross Farqhuar (still fishing:D)
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"Annabel Wk94 Skipper Ian Simpson
Primula Wk97 Skipper Angus MacIntosh
Boy Allan WK252 Skipper Magnus MacKay
Barbara Mackay WK 9 Skipper Billy MacKay
Venture WK98 Skipper A MacIntosh
Sealgair WK241 Skipper Magnus MacKay
Golden Chance WK22 Skipper Gilbert Reid
Maureen WK270 Skipper William Simpson then Nicky Simpson
Pavonia WK53 Skipper Donald Simpson
Two Boys WK151 Skipper John MacLeod
Albion Skipper WK 88 Skipper Tommy Reid
Pentland Swell WK353 Skipper Magnus Mackay
Amber Queen WK230 Skipper Alfie Sinclair
Liberty Wk218 Skipperr Donald Corbett
Pentland Wave Wk245 Skipper Magnus MacKay
Pentland Skerry WK 251 Skipper Jim Bruce
Pentland Firth Wk224 Skipper William Sinclair
Crest WK87 Skipper Donald Mackay
Rambler WK174 Skipper Gilbert Reid
Undaunted WK210 Skipper Jimmy McIntosh
Streamlet WK332 Skipper John MacLeod also called Emerald
Bydand WK155 Skipper Arnot Sinclair
Better Hope WK138 Skipper Magnus MacKay
Loch Fyne WK248 Skipper William Simpson
Crissy WK69 Skipper D MacKay
Ben More WK52 Skipper Jimmy McIntosh
Lea Rig WK331 Skipper John Macleod
Hopeful WK196 Skipper William Simpson
Provider KY201 Skipper Alex Mackay ??
Daisy WK21 Skipper D Maclean
Star Devine WK16 Skipper Jack Ritchie
Prolific WK53 Skipper Denny Simpson
Challenge WK27 Skipper George King
Viking Queen WK510 SKipper Jim Mackay
Orion WK112 Skipper Bews
As you can see by the question marks this from memory with a few notes Feel free to add
any or fill in the blanks "
There were also 2 more Eastward which Angus MacIntosh had and the Northward (both before my time!!!) but I think both built by Allans of Thurso
Amy ...Go for it !!! Please add any more you can think of
All best
PM
this may have started off as wick boats but the number that used scrabster was considerable.taxi up on sunday night and home for the weekend
the like of fordie running around on sunday night trying to find nums crew would make a story in itself lol [lol] tony
seen something in a boookie i bought in the mission where one of the boats was in trouble on a really stormy day and the star of peace went to assist but turned back
jackie ritchie then turned with the star devine and went to her assistence tony [cant find the bookie ] tony
was a taxi driver many moons ago,had to pick up crew ,will not name crew all where none drinkers, but for one ,took some time to find him,was a bit tispy ,
as we got near watten ,after some heated debate with crew, skipper told me to stop
taxi ,and told crew member who was tispy to get out, left him at watten late on sunday night,skipper told me he dose not go to sea,with ill felling with crew,
Was there a Dunbeath boat called the harvester?
TBH yes
Harvester WK33 Skipper Cowie built 1929 Noble Fraserburgh sold to Swansea 1967
Another one that went on war service was the Golden West WK396 but she didnt come back to Wick but went to Shetland after WW2 due to the death of the skipper David MillerQuote:
Originally Posted by Tighsonas4
peter was not one of the jeannie mackays[helmsdale] bought here in wick
there was one and two ??? tony
Tony
Yes the Jeanie MacKay 3 was sold to Alister Henderson and Bill Wiseman and became the Stack Rock .She was built by Thomson of Buckie for John (Pow) MacKay and others of Helmsdale in 1948
Jeannie MacKay 2 was LOA 54 ft keel 49ft Beam 16.5 Draft 6.8ft 27.26 Tons Gross and Nett Built for Helmsdale 11/7/1938 Buckie She was sold to Robert Andrew Coffey of Portavogie in 1948 Skipper was John Mackay
The Jeannie MacKay 1 ...dont know !!!! but Ill make an enquiry
PM
Silver Star WK357 sk W Jappy
Silver Cloud WK147 sk T Jappy
Bunillidh Braes WK350 sk David Cowie
Branch Wk294 sk Ian Innes
Girl Kathleen WK 93 sk Ian Innes
Mysotis WK 190 sk D Cowie
Bunillidh WK96 sk David Cowie
Stella Maris WK142 sk David Cowie
Reliance WK79 sk Ian Whitehead
Ocean Hunter WK79 sk Ian Whitehead
Jeannie MacKay2 WK316 sk John MacKay
Jeannie MacKay 3 WK197 sk John MacKay
Stroma Isle WK408 sk Innes
Home Cliffe 2 WK 349 sk Innes
Milburn Wk142 sk D Cowie
Dewy Rose WK15 sk J MacKay
Sunbeam WK213 sk John MacKay
Sheena MacKay WK168 sk T Jappy
Seafarer INS 41 sk J Innes
Lea Rig WK 331 sk H Innes
Harvest Moon WK341 sk W Innes
Home Cliffe WK 228 sk A Innes
StrathDonan Wk111 sk A Sutherland
Celtic Dawn WK10 sk Robert Mackay
Zepher FR 444 sk Ian Whitehead
Glen Alvah INS302 sk M Innes
Golden Isle SY 809 sk W Innes
Happy Return WK130 sk A Sutherland
Harvest Home LK92 Sk WJ Innes
Some but not all by any means Helmsdale boats
I also forgot about the Morina WK196 that Charlie Mackenzie had in Wick
yes that will be it peter bill wiseman was from the east coast but was nums brother in law
wiseman was sea sick every monday morning when they left the key heads and that was it over for the week
you must have somme almanac years ago i seem to mind a moores almanacbut think it was for tides moon etc which they had to go by in olden times
they used to say high water in wick was 12 o clock full and change and that coincided with portsmouth or there abouts tony
hi peter forgot to say have given you a rep beforebut what you have set up here deserves a medal
you would be surprised at the yarns this has stirred up amongst non orgers
there was a handline boat in staxgioe the wjm, this was supposed to be
walters juicy medicine tony
Tony Yes Ive a couple of Olsens almanacs but I have a lot of bitties of paper Ive written down over the years (which I need to get sorted out) and get bits from the internet as well . If I mind right Bill Wiseman came from Gamrie and as you say he was Roberts brother in law ,along with Archie Miller that had the Spindrift (on Megs side)
Walters Juicy Medicine :-)))))
Thats what putting this stuff on here is for Tony Its not a lot of use lying in a drawer in here !!!! I wonder how many pictures of boats in Caithness are lying in biscuit tins below beds ??
All best and thanks for the rep
PM
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Originally Posted by peter macdonald
Well Done there Peter, John Mackay also had a boat named JLC Mackay but Im not sure of her numbers his brother Neil also had a boat but cant remember what it was called? John had a few boats with the Last one being the Jeannie Mackay III WK.197 which was bought by the Wisemans & she was the last of the old Herring Queen winners in 1953. there is a picture of her on this site , I have the original though ;)
Some old Keiss seine net boats which worked from Keiss
Lupin WK99 sk Miller
Alexanderina WK361 sk Munro
Alert WK119 sk More
Loyalty WK300 sk McKenzie
PM
never knew j mackenzie worked from keiss with the loyalty but the son finished up with the shop there right enough
willie jappys son was on holiday cant mind was it in wales and on going to the harbour came across either the silver star or cloud there tony
its surprising when you go to a lot of that harbours today keiss staxigoe and the rest that these boats were able to use them right enough they were shallower drafted but it still amazes me
num had the golden eagle tied up in staxigoe but then again that was once one of the busiest ports at one time tony
Tony that would be the Silver Star which went to Beaumaris The Silver Cloud (WK147)was sold to MacDuff
Aye it really makes you wonder with these smaller harbours I know the Godetia went into Sandside on at least one occasion
PM
I remember the Westward (of Aukengill) - Jimmy, Geordie and Robbie Begg - but not its number.
Once I saw it moored at Summerbank pier in Aukengill.
As far as I am concerned, the best ever thread on Caithness.org. You have a great memory and archive, Peter. It would be great if it could be combined and made available on this site. On the other hand it would probably be a lot of work to undertake and unfair to ask you to do so
Partan
The Westward WK798 built 1918 by Allans of Thurso for Allan and Craigie of Thurso
Keel 33ft LOA 39.2ft Beam 11.9ft Draft 4.9ft 9.25 Tons Gross and Nett
Skippers Neil MacIntosh from 11/1918 George Reid from 5/6/1930 Angus McIntosh from 16/7/1931 George Sutherland from 6/6/1934 all of Thurso then Robert Begg of Auckingill from 4/7/1941 until the vessel was sold to Greenock on 22/10/1965
I mind seeing pics of her lying there in the Canisbay book which along with Donald Youngs book of Lybster are great sources of info
All best
PM
hi peter DIV E MIND
there was a boat went on the rocks dont know if it was loch erripol way
three of them was geordie thain derby and micky robertson
they scrambled onto the rocks and a crofter found them
micky never went to the sea again??? tony
Ive read the Receiver of Wrecks report on the loss of the Pursuit WK69 on the Rabbit Islands and that looks like the boat in question !!!! It did say that James Derby Swanson was skipper She built Sandhaven 1932 Sunk 18/1/1951 at Tongue LOA 52.1 ft B 15.9 ft D 5.4 ft Tonnage G and N 20.40 Tons She was BCK125 came to WK registry on 24/10/1946
All best
PM
that could be it peter james derby was nums brother they said he went back on board as there was STOKER in a drawer and he just got off when she slipped off tonyQuote:
Originally Posted by peter macdonald
Been following this thread with great interest and nostalgia. Readers may be interested in the long journey of one of the Wick fleet. In 1958 we bought the Starlight from Lossiemouth (built 1933 by John Dunn of Lossie) for £1,250.00. When I left Wick in 1961 it was sold and converted into a motor yacht in Suffolk. In 2004 the same Starlight, with the same 95 Gardner engine, was for sale in Malta. Asking price £125,000.00!! It is amazing how age adds value to life.
How about it Peter, compile all that knowledge and preserve it in words.
You will be well supported in such a venture.
Filling in some gaps.
I seem to recall that there was an earlier Bluebell in Wick in the late 1940s?
The Atalanta was in Wick in 1955/56. I was on board for a week in December 1955 before I joined the Enterprise. Alistair Budge was the skipper, Sandy Stewart was on board but I cannot recall the name of the third crewman.
Wick Heritage Museum has an interesting film of the Morina laying on nets and sailing on what was thought to be the last recorded herring fishing trip from Wick.
John Yes there was an earlier Bluebell ,I also forgot about the Pearl and just looking at the Scrabster Thurso list Ive left out the Vine and Crissy all of which Ive researched recently
Old age Im afraid
PM
This has been one of the best threads on the org. and really stretches the memory but it has just crossed my mind that nothing has been said about a very brave set of fishernen who went to sea from Wick namely those who followed the handline fishing in their small boats, there was the Ruby, Pansy, Fruitful and others whose boats I cannot remember the name.
can rember the handline boats fishing off shore.there was one had a red sail seems it was some mannie wattand you could always spot himQuote:
Originally Posted by Mizpah
having said that some of the fisherman mentioned here had been at the handlines
num was a crack hand at taking bearings of the land at this side
places like hilti head off noss and the like
there was always a good price for handline fish there was quite often a halibut or a turbot landed too tony
canna go through all this again but was the el alemein mentioned[smithy ]
they had some disasters in her time tony
Aye Tony
They did not have the best of kuck
She was originaly INS 107 WINDSOR LAD 32.60 Tonns Gross and Nett built by Thomson Buckie in 1934 with a Crossley engine for Robert Corstorphine before she came to Wick
All best PM
I got this from a friend of mine who had listed all the Danish fishing vessels using Wick 1935-41 included
Asboe E270,
Kirstine FN202,
Vand Syssel 2 FN305,
Max Georg E408,
Evelyn E408,
Ribes L83 ,
Laeso FN345 ,
Ulla E502,
Linda E442,
Lady E65,
Tonny FN34 ,
Vasterland HG76,
Marie FN29 ,
Molso A712
E,Lauland FN189 ,
Annie FN196 .
Evald A69 ,
Anna Schou FN 298 ,
Kristian FN66 .
M Aaen E524 ,
Ellen E280 (skipper Kramer)
Ebbe Maria FN3 (skipper Carlsen),
Ladstrand FN360.
P Schou FN292 (Skipper Jansen)
Anna Dorethea FN242 (skipper Rasmussen)
Syrenen FN133 (skipper Matiesen) ,
Energi FN20,
Ebba FN15 ,
Venus H213,
Nordlyset FN47 ,
Astoria H123 ,
Anna E 11 .
Ostkysten E378
Hans Tavsen E372.
Erna FN180
Axel Schou FN257
Maybe some of the older Orgers will remember some of these and of course the Metha from Fredrikshaven which was lost with all hands trying to enter Wick Harbour in March 1934 The crew lost were Karl Neilsen (skipper) Karl Halgran Jacob Jacobsen and 15 year old Borje Qvist
Swedish fishing boats in the same period
Marga LL965
Linnea LL590
Berny LL854
Nippon GG248
Rex LL418
Forget Me Nought SD390
Vasterhavet GG97
Shamrock SD 449
Magne LL247
Rane LL688
Zaida LL1057
Ragnhild GG156
Elin MD 857
Comet GG158
Runa GG382
Willard GG198
Ziva LL103
Sjofogel LL208
Crosby LL248
Arne MD312
Sonja LL525
Hispano GG 103
Lillvar GG432
PM
My uncle was a partner in the fishing boat the Day Star (Wk84, I think). Can anyone give me any information about the history of this boat.
Daystar WK84 ex Lossie boat INS317 owned by Eddie Farquhar of Lossie 57.3 ft 31 tons MWLQ (radio callsign) Sold to Wick to Liam Smith and David Plowman in 1972 Built by Noble Fraserburgh in 1955 with a Gardner 152 engine
Sank about 12 miles NW of Holborn Head
Hope this helps
PM
Never relised there was so many Danish boats using Wick during the war.I still say this is best thread to appear on the org. I for one have learned a lot.
yes the metha was lost when i was a boy. it seems they tried to turn him back from trying to take the harbour with rockets etc
she broached and failed to take the entrance
there was a poem written on this but cant rember much about it tony
The Daystar is no very far fae the Causea wreck nnw o' Holborn Hd,the El-Alimein sunk after she gied to Ireland,one o' the trawl doors gied through her side.
as far as i remember there was three of these boats going to try for the harbourbut two decided against it and went about but the metha unfortunately decided to give it a try with dire results tonyQuote:
Originally Posted by Tighsonas4