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Registration number
2863
Status
Registered
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Previous names
- Buccaneer
- Maid of Sandbank
Details
Function
Passenger Vessel
Subfunction
Excursion
Location
Isle of Skye
Vessel type
Excursion
Current use
Commercial Activity
Available to hire
Yes
Available for excursions
Yes
Construction
Builder
Mitchell, Percy, Mevagissey
Built in
1965
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
40.00 feet
(12.19m)
Breadth: Beam
14.00 feet
(4.27m)
Depth
4.00 feet
(1.22m)
Air Draft
12.00 feet
(3.66m)
Tonnage: Gross
11.30
History
MISTY ISLE is a passenger excursion vessel of timber carvel construction built by Percy Mitchell of Mevagissey in 1965 and is powered by a Ford Dover diesel engine.
At present she is based at Elgol in the Isle of Skye. She was originally commissioned for John England of Padstow as a pleasure boat giving passengers trips around the Camel estuary and local coastline. She was famously launched 'Over the harbour wall' as Percy Mitchell had no slipway in Port Mellon near Mevagissey, Cornwall.
MISTY ISLE also ran trips to Brownsea Island and is known for her association to the BoyScout movement.
Key dates
-
1965
Built by Percy Mtchell of Mevagissey
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