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Privet BCK 135

Uploaded by Guest , May 24 2011 08:23 AM

Privet BCK 135



    bulljogger
    May 24 2011 10:07 AM
    ended her days in balbrigan

    herringringerman
    May 24 2011 07:38 PM
    this 1 was in portavogie before going to southern ireland.

    clamcal
    Dec 30 2011 05:12 PM
    was this boat ever owned by a shellfish buyer iremember a similar boat with the same name going round the islands buying lobsters from the local boats in late 60 s early 70s

    clamcal
    Dec 30 2011 05:36 PM
    thats one bait i ll no rise to knobheid

    young ronnie
    Dec 30 2011 11:26 PM
    Ye've jogged my memory there Clamcal.That yin was running live lobsters right enough.They were boxed in the hold and kept alive by a sprinkler system,two big water pumps,one pumping water in,the other one pumping the bilges tae take it out...simple arrangement and very effective 'til the bilge pump choked half way across the Minch in the middle of the night.First they kent about it was the water up to the air intake(it was either a 114 or a 152 in her)and got sooked in.Result...a big bang and engine needing a major overhaul.I'd forgotten about that escapade 'til ye mentioned it.

    clamcal
    Dec 31 2011 12:17 PM
    thanks for the info yr i never heard of that event i seem to think rodney george the shellfish buyer had sumit to do with the running of things. there was another boat doing the same thing in the 80s a big vivier crabber called the jbt she was run by sum consortium dont know if barratlantic had anything to do with her but im fairly sure rg did she ran the stuff to france and spain ithink she was based in barra they werent allowed to fish with her and the skipper had to have a merchant ticket think she only ran for a couple of years. happy new year wen it comes young ron