Registration number 2288
Status Registered
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ISA beached, starboard side
ISA starboard side view
ISA beached starboard side

Details

Function Fishing Vessel
Subfunction Ring-netter
Location Applecross
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Bathurst, C, Tewkesbury
Built in 1946
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 2
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
50.00 feet (15.25m)

History

ISA is a ring net fishing vessel of carvel construction - larch on oak with an inboard diesel engine. She was built in 1946 by Bathursts in Tewkesbury and fished by Camerons of Applecross from her launch until 1992. She was later based at Avoch under different owners and lay unused until she was bought by her present owner in 2006 who sailed her back to Applecross in 2007. After a deck fire she was beached and is now undergoing restoration. ISA was designed as a 45 class naval fleet tender and was converted on the stocks to a fishing vessel. 

Update from owner, January 2025: Progress on the restoration has been slow to nothing since 2011 due to domestic 'challenges ', but hope has not been lost, merely somewhat dimmed.

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