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HL 179 Essie Orr

Uploaded by michaelb , Nov 27 2013 08:27 PM

HL 179 Essie Orr



    Dunard
    Nov 28 2013 06:06 AM
    Looks like a Matha and Donna Wheelhouse?

    dave-d
    Nov 28 2013 06:25 AM
    built portavogie 1942  became Gellachad Mills

    ringnetman
    Nov 28 2013 09:10 AM
    dave-d are you sure she was built in Portavogie I always thought she was built in Arklow very much the same boat as the I.O.Man company boats Manx Rose ect

    dave-d
    Nov 28 2013 05:07 PM
    found two memtions of her  Malcoln Cooks book Fishing in Hartlepool Says Portavogie, Olsens says Arklow

    ringnetman
    Nov 28 2013 06:06 PM
    She was built by Tyrell Arklow for Portavogie when she left Portavogie she went to Seaham Pop Noble had her.

    skiboo
    Nov 29 2013 02:53 PM
    she looks very like the lines of a palmer design boat skiboo

    ringnetman
    Nov 29 2013 05:00 PM
    No skiboo she's not Palmers she's Arklow built as I'v said before almost the same as the boats Tyrell built for I.O.M Essie Orr had the engine forrit.

    Paul D
    Nov 30 2013 09:24 AM
    Going into Seaham there with the Salmon driving gear aboard,,,,,,,and looks like a very young Dennis Wales on the deck

    skiboo
    Nov 30 2013 03:07 PM
    ringnetman the more I look at her she like the ros boats  engine fwd two eyes just aft the stem skiboo

    mactheboat
    Dec 01 2013 11:10 AM
    In my experience the Tyrell boats of this vintage had a soft nosed stem (Oriole,Elenor Anetta,Ros Ard, Elizmar etc.)Was this not the onethat had the gear change and throttle up foreward? Nightmare if the one working the engine fell out with the one in the wheelhouse!