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Watchful PD 269
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Peterhead harbour late 50's
Is this the boat that PJ Campbell bought from Tarbert and was later renamed 'Glen Carradale' by Lawrence McBride?
yes thats her dunard
She seine netted out of TT crechan, was it no a father and two sons aboard, think one was killed in a car accident later, can mind one was called Steven.
She was in TT at the trawling too Jt she came through the Canal with us one year your Uncle Archie decided to have a look in Melfort early in the year and he followed us.
i think she was about newest of they boats donald. there was bad accident going home one wk end john mentioned it bad grip high of scolaig the man lost net on it watchfuls fast still there yet
was that the glen carradale that ended up runing freight by the gibsons on mull or the one that was for sale last year on fafb
Sticks in my mind around 1971 in Oban,give or take a year or maybe two,that he was lying alongside us and in the morning a lad appeared on deck in a bonny silk dressing gown and slippers,with a tooth brush and a mug of water in his hand and proceeded to brush his teeth at the side of the boat.He was a middle aged man who I think owned the boat (ex merchant navy,but I could be wrong)...am I hallucinating again,or is that the vino talking?? It's so vivid in my mind the picture of the man and the utter astonishment of his dress and what he did that that I begin to wonder.Can somebody confirm that I'm no going doo lally please lol
not sure about you hallusinating ronnie but alistair gibson ran cargo on a boat of that name would have been about late sixties early seventies. bit before my time remember she ended up tied up at salen with a scania lorry cab as a wheelhouse was just wondering if it was this boat
No, this was a previous Glen Carradale owned by Lawrence MacBride's father. The ex Watchful was for sale quite recently from Fleetwood.
Was speaking to PJ about her recently and he said that the Watchful was a far better sea boat than the Seeker.
Was speaking to PJ about her recently and he said that the Watchful was a far better sea boat than the Seeker.
watchful was built in Fr for pd owners in 58-36'.sold to ins registry in 69. owned while in pd by andrew buchan, r mayo e nichol fishmerchant. u r right they had a bad crash on the way home and one of the sons was killed. another son who wasnt a regular on the boat was alex buchan who was a captain in the merchant navy. known as"buck". died a couple of years ago spent a lot of time laterly compiling a very extensive list of pd steam drifters with their histories and owners.
