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Back Row: D MacDonald (Domhnall
Dithid), 5 Port; Donald ‘Bidean Mor’ MacLean, 4 Knockaird; Donald Mackay
(An Giomanach), 19 Lionel; D Campbell (Gog Louden), 33 Lionel; Alasdair
Gunn (An Ciobarrach, 11 Port; D Campbell (Domhnall Beag Aonghais Chaluim),
18 Lionel; Alex Campbell (Alaic Illa); UNknown.
Standing Front: A
MacAulay (Cruibidh), 14 Port; Unknown |
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The
'Jubilee' (SY 233) under sail at Port of Ness in the early 1980s.
The boat is the smaller, second generation, sgoth
Niseach (Ness type skiff) that was typically built
in Ness from about 1903 |
The 20 foot keel length
Pride of Lionel was owned by Norman Campbell (Tabaidh), 6 Lionel,
and registered as SY 455 on 25 May 1918.
For crew, see caption Top Right: |
Some in the photo will not
have been members of the crew but may have worked on other Port of Ness
based boats |
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Pride of Lionel in the
inner harbour with her sail partially raised at Port of Ness, possibly
with owner Norman Campbell in the foreground |
Jubilee being pulled
gently up the steep path at Port of Ness in 2001 enroute to the site of
the Old School in Lionel |
Jubilee arrives at the Old
School site in Lionel, Ness where she remained until repairs were
carried out in 2005 |
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Early 20th century
photograph of Skigersta harbour showing sgoth on the slipway, and in the
background the shore where cured whitefish from the surrounding 'salt
houses' would be left to dry |
Skigersta harbour area
possibly around the 1960s with the growing village shown in the
background |
Looking towards Skigersta
harbour, hidden behind the carpet of crops being grown on surrounding
crofts during the late 1990s, much as they might have been by fishing
families a century earlier |
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Before Port of Ness harbour was completed in the 1890s, crews had to
launch and land their boats from the open beach. Skigersta village
can be seen in the background |
The inner harbour at Port
of Ness, with the 'breakwater' shown in the background. Since this
photo was taken, the harbour has been dredged of sand that had
accumulated over the years |
Heavy seas battering the
breakwater at Port of Ness in October 2006. Many 19th century
sgoth fishermen were lost within sight of the harbour, unable to land
their craft when they found themselves amid a sudden North Atlantic
storm |
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Small boats at Port
harbour |
The trawler Calina at Port
harbour in the late 1990s heading for Sula Sgeir to collect the guga
hunters and their catch |
danger is never far away:
the Spanish trawler Ormaza ran aground on the rocks at Skigersta in
1999. A salvage vessel tries to remove fuel. The trawler
subsequently broke up following heavy seas |
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An Sulaire under sail off
Port of Ness beach |
Jubilee sailing from Port
of Ness enroute for Stornoway in the Autumn of 2006. A flock of 'sulaire'
(gannets) can be seen flying high above the boat |
Jubilee preparing to tie
up at Stornoway harbour after sailing from Ullapool following her refit
in 2006 |