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silver searcher


silver searcher

crew:-ewan findlay,jake mckinlay,cambell mcbrayne,jeff bridge.(legge in the box)



    Is this the one which was sold to the Gair Loch on the Clyde for sea angling purposes. She had a V 8 Deutz if I remember correctly, could shift, but was not as fast over the measured mile in the loch as the Golden West was with the Kromhout on full song, what a good day that was.

    DCI paterson
    Jan 19 2009 10:14 PM
    i thats her bob.she ended up bein converted after that.she had a 500 deutz in her that had to be derated as they kept havin problems with the hydraulics.she was a steel sputnick style boat.it was a big engine to put in a boat in 1978.she was a fast yin alright
    she was skippered by a mike kettle and based at clynder on the gareloch when she was doing the angling trips.
    she`s laying now in n-Ireland, in Carrickfergus

    DCI paterson
    Jan 26 2009 07:09 PM
    she was ma oldflas boat,any chance of gettin a picture of her and postin it.been years since i saw her and what does she do now(if anything)