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JUNE ROSE
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Jay Cresswell
, Aug 16 2009 05:19 PM
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Ring netter June Rose ... then owned by the Clarke family of Musselburgh
Was sold on to Gourdon, then the Isle of Man where she was renamed Margaret Alison, which I was to own for five years
beautiful boat , what became of her ?
Hi Chris
At the last count, June Rose/Margaret Alison was somewhere sunny and looking pretty good as a yacht with a wheelhouse of moderate size
Mike Craine of the IOM sent a super pic that he came by ... that was a couple or three years back
She was fairly well built ... pitch pine on oak ... by Weatherhead ... year of build was 1937, though someone in the IOM pulled a fast one when she was placed under Pt 1 Registry (plus the usual Pt IV) when the year of build was given as 1949! It was patient research that revealed that anomaly; heaven knows what the motive for the "rejuvination" was except to jack up the price when sold perhaps
The key was her double frames ... all taken to rail level, which means that she suffered from "tooth decay" in later life. Weatherhead went to single timberheads after 1945 even though some of the boats might still have had double frames.The "floors" were integrated with the frames which made for an exceptionally elegant and easy to keep clean bilge
Cheers
Jay
At the last count, June Rose/Margaret Alison was somewhere sunny and looking pretty good as a yacht with a wheelhouse of moderate size
Mike Craine of the IOM sent a super pic that he came by ... that was a couple or three years back
She was fairly well built ... pitch pine on oak ... by Weatherhead ... year of build was 1937, though someone in the IOM pulled a fast one when she was placed under Pt 1 Registry (plus the usual Pt IV) when the year of build was given as 1949! It was patient research that revealed that anomaly; heaven knows what the motive for the "rejuvination" was except to jack up the price when sold perhaps
The key was her double frames ... all taken to rail level, which means that she suffered from "tooth decay" in later life. Weatherhead went to single timberheads after 1945 even though some of the boats might still have had double frames.The "floors" were integrated with the frames which made for an exceptionally elegant and easy to keep clean bilge
Cheers
Jay
I saw her about 5 years ago in Majorca at Porto Colom and had a chat in half Spanish/English and was given a guided tour by her owner. She looked to be in good condition and she was used for charter work. Apart from a large rectangular wheel house she was as shown in the photo above.
Thanks Brian
Good to know that she was looking decent then
Was the foc'sl still in her ... six bunks ... all in feather & groove pitchpine?
J
Good to know that she was looking decent then
Was the foc'sl still in her ... six bunks ... all in feather & groove pitchpine?
J
A great picture Jay. She looks very like the Noss Head (CN 144) which was launched the year before. I am nearly sure that it was August that year that she steamed through the Forth and Clyde Canal and down to Carradale. I remember her stern being in the shots of the big fleet at Inverarray that used to be in Dewar's boot store. There used to be a photo similar to this hanging in the cabin of the wee steel built LH June Rose that the same family later built.
Hi Dunard
Yes, agree that Noss Head was very similar ... much like peas out of a pod
Was unaware of the boot store pic that you refer to though I recall you posting a fabulous image of ringers gathered at Inverary on the Trawlerphotos website was it not?
J
Yes, agree that Noss Head was very similar ... much like peas out of a pod
Was unaware of the boot store pic that you refer to though I recall you posting a fabulous image of ringers gathered at Inverary on the Trawlerphotos website was it not?
J
The June Rose was built for my Great Grandmother Margaret Halley Clark of Fisherrow, I can remember my Grandfather Walter (Wattie) Clark speaking fondly of her as did my late father Robert who sailed on the Fragrant, Stardust, St Clair, Lothian Rose, Aurora and Green Pastures to name but a few. I would like to see any other pictures of the June Rose.
Thanks Iain
Yes, I knew that she had been built for Margaret Clark
Never confirmed which her partner boat was though I was told it was the apparently smaller Lothian Rose
Are you able to confirm?
Do you have any old pix of those days that could be scanned in for this site?
I have no old pix other than the one above
Your family sold June Rose to Gourdon, where she fished for a long time prior to going to the Isle of Man
Cheers
Jay
Yes, I knew that she had been built for Margaret Clark
Never confirmed which her partner boat was though I was told it was the apparently smaller Lothian Rose
Are you able to confirm?
Do you have any old pix of those days that could be scanned in for this site?
I have no old pix other than the one above
Your family sold June Rose to Gourdon, where she fished for a long time prior to going to the Isle of Man
Cheers
Jay
Jay, Think you are correct in relation to the partner boat of the June Rose as being the small Lothian Rose. I will upload a photo which shows them both sailing together up the Firth and Clyde canal heading through west.