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Ajax Landing

Uploaded by Dunard , Nov 09 2008 11:11 PM

Ajax Landing

James S. Main helping David Moir land the catch of the ex Lossiemouth Seiner Ajax INS 168 at Oban in 2002




    young ronnie
    Nov 10 2008 12:35 AM
    Unless I've been calling him by the wrong name for years ??....I was always under the impression that "James S" had "Main" as a surname.

    Nessies
    Nov 10 2008 06:26 AM
    That's right James Sutherland Main one of Scotlands's great characters and still going strong at 80.

    Dunard
    Nov 10 2008 07:45 AM
    Thanks Ronnie, now corrected!

    young ronnie
    Nov 10 2008 06:16 PM
    A great character indeed Nessies and a helluva nice mannie..."The geriatric fusiliers" we used to call them when he was aboard wi' Cyril on the Vernal at the prawns in the Passage...aye but come landing time they had every bit as much as us(and more a gey lot o' times)...they werenae THAT geriatric !! I thought he was 2 or 3 years past 80 actually,but I'm probably wrong.

    Nessies
    Nov 11 2008 06:33 AM
    You could be right about the age, Ronnie. He's still making bonny models. Cyril Ralph passed on a few years ago now.

    boat happy
    Nov 11 2008 08:00 AM
    the old and the youny fisher men

    OB196
    Nov 11 2008 02:28 PM
    Used to help us land sprats in oban about 10 years ago...Likes his herring!

    young ronnie
    Nov 11 2008 03:07 PM
    A bonny job he makes of painting life-belts as well as his model making Nessies,a good man wi' a net too...multi-talented,and he still disnae wear glasses.A hardy chiel right enough,made o' strong stuff.He wid withstand yin o' thae bunker busting bombs that wis dropped on Saddam Hussein.