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Silver Chord - KY124
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Photographed - Isle of Man
what a sad end to such a majestic vessel, what a waste. it breaks your heart to see boats in this condition.
Farquhar & Geddes, Girvan - built 1958 perhaps?
Regards
Steve E.
Regards
Steve E.
were about in the isle of man was this took?
im sure she was built by smith and hutton steve, could be wrong though. shes got that herdies look about her.
she was ky 124, then im sure she had a spell at pd, but i could be mixed up with another boat i think she ended up sy 287. but am not 100 percent.
im sure the pd boys will correct me
she was ky 124, then im sure she had a spell at pd, but i could be mixed up with another boat i think she ended up sy 287. but am not 100 percent.
im sure the pd boys will correct me
Not a Herdies bull IMO
Too much curvature in the stern
Herdie's more upright ... "restrained"
Too much curvature in the stern
Herdie's more upright ... "restrained"
aye steve thats her m8 
I suppose the question is whether Dave's shot is before or after ?
Regards
Steve E.
Regards
Steve E.
silver chord ba 62 was a 40 footer built by nobles of girvan as a seiner owned by j geddes + alec farquhar(my uncle) of girvan also worked trammel nets converted to prawn trawling became stroma of the maidens
This piece from This Is Lincolnshire @ http://www.thisislin...il/article.html
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Man gets 50ft fishing boat free on eBay and plans to turn it into floating restaurant
A 50ft, 50-tonne Scottish fishing boat has been snapped up for free on eBay.
The ramshackle former fishing boat was spotted on the internet auction site – and is now the latest attraction at Whisby Garden Centre.
The huge vessel was driven from Preston Marina to the village of Whisby Moor at a cost of £4,000.
The plan is to restore the boat to somewhere near its former glory – which could take about two years and cost up to £30,000.
It may then be used as a floating restaurant.
Richard White, the eagle-eyed maintenance worker at the nursery, saw the boat on the internet and the dream began.
Mr White said: "It is certainly something very different and it will be a bit of a challenge to get it looking good.
"But it is something to keep us busy for the next couple of years.
"It looks a bit of a mess at the moment, but below the water line it is in not too bad a condition at all.
"People are already starting to take an interest in it and we are interesting in hearing from anyone who wants to get involved in the project."
A beach and seaside attractions are due to open at Whisby next week and bosses hope the boat will eventually become a fitting accompaniment.
But for now, it is far from ship-shape, propped up on wooden supports in a paddock shared by horses.
The wooden-hulled boat was built in 1955 at the Herd and Mackenzie shipyard in Buckie, Scotland.
It was used to line-catch fish such as herring and haddock for smoking.
It was first named Effulgence, before it was renamed as Silver Cord and then became Silver Cord II.
After service at sea, it was acquired by an owner who could not continue the restoration due to illness. At one point, it even sank at its mooring.
Visitor Les Clancy, 78, a retired seaman and shipyard worker originally from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, questioned whether the project would bear fruit.
Mr Clancy, who now lives in Gibraltar and has a daughter in Skellingthorpe, said: "It's a noble gesture, but I feel they may end up throwing a lot of money away."
On the other hand, customer Maureen Crunkhurn, 62, of Louth, said: "Garden centres need to be doing different things to keep drawing in the visitors and this is just that."
A 50ft, 50-tonne Scottish fishing boat has been snapped up for free on eBay.
The ramshackle former fishing boat was spotted on the internet auction site – and is now the latest attraction at Whisby Garden Centre.
The huge vessel was driven from Preston Marina to the village of Whisby Moor at a cost of £4,000.
The plan is to restore the boat to somewhere near its former glory – which could take about two years and cost up to £30,000.
It may then be used as a floating restaurant.
Richard White, the eagle-eyed maintenance worker at the nursery, saw the boat on the internet and the dream began.
Mr White said: "It is certainly something very different and it will be a bit of a challenge to get it looking good.
"But it is something to keep us busy for the next couple of years.
"It looks a bit of a mess at the moment, but below the water line it is in not too bad a condition at all.
"People are already starting to take an interest in it and we are interesting in hearing from anyone who wants to get involved in the project."
A beach and seaside attractions are due to open at Whisby next week and bosses hope the boat will eventually become a fitting accompaniment.
But for now, it is far from ship-shape, propped up on wooden supports in a paddock shared by horses.
The wooden-hulled boat was built in 1955 at the Herd and Mackenzie shipyard in Buckie, Scotland.
It was used to line-catch fish such as herring and haddock for smoking.
It was first named Effulgence, before it was renamed as Silver Cord and then became Silver Cord II.
After service at sea, it was acquired by an owner who could not continue the restoration due to illness. At one point, it even sank at its mooring.
Visitor Les Clancy, 78, a retired seaman and shipyard worker originally from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, questioned whether the project would bear fruit.
Mr Clancy, who now lives in Gibraltar and has a daughter in Skellingthorpe, said: "It's a noble gesture, but I feel they may end up throwing a lot of money away."
On the other hand, customer Maureen Crunkhurn, 62, of Louth, said: "Garden centres need to be doing different things to keep drawing in the visitors and this is just that."
