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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

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
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
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
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

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

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