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wooden ships

Vessel Name spes bona
Port Registry DUNURE
Size Of Vessel 40ft
Gear Worked seine net ringnet
Where Photo Taken clyde
Date Photographed late 50s




    hound of the sea
    Nov 11 2009 06:45 PM
    tam piper gibson jimmy bean.
    happy days hound of the sea uv got me reminising.

    hound of the sea
    Nov 12 2009 09:07 AM
    when men were men and sheep were feart,was at sea on that boat twice,left dunure &went to slip girvan,&grandfather put a rope round me &on to wheelhouse hand rail,then gave me a set of darras,think i lost them.you would still be a boy thsn swivel.....?
    your right there hound can mind the two boats in tarbert at the ringing spes bona and the marigold bonnie vernished 40ftrs well looked after.

    hound of the sea
    Nov 13 2009 12:09 PM
    no time for the varnishing now ,6wks to clean,b&q one coat the wa to go,will be luck to get 6 wks to fish tye way its all going now,found one of my great grandfathers stuart gibsons boat ocean-queen BA300 sailing out dunure harbour 1922 .try put it on at w-end.wer no our last haul of the week,its been a long one.catch ou later swivel have quiet TT week end.
    wood ship steel men  now steel ships wood men  :fishin: kid