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Enterprise LK 447


Enterprise  LK 447

Lerwick harbour 1966



    any idea who built this
    Built in Shetland by Howarth.
    http://www.nationalh...on=ship&id=1387
    Early '70s, Kirkwall reg. under Alex Costie, fished scallops W. coast o' Scotland. She was creamy "yoghurt" kinda colour, but I aye thought she was a very streamlined craft. Raked stem, very clean at the waterline. Other Orkney boats there at that time were Kildinguie, Flourish (ex ringer).
    This'll be  http://www.orkneycom.../number2804.asp colour your remembering
    Photos of the others on the Orkney Communities site aswell.
    Same builder as Maid of Honour WK30 and Golden Eagle WK359  and  one other boat for Shetland. Enterprise had a Norwegian Wichmann engine for a time

    japottinger
    Jan 16 2012 05:59 PM
    David Howarth took a wooden model of her out to Walter Duncan's boatbuilding shed in Hamnavoe Burra before he built her to show to local fishermen. The concensus was that she was too fine forward and would go in by the head, which she did, but was a very successful boat. She had a CP prop.