Registration number 2863
Status Registered
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starboard side view
starboard side view

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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