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Registration number
768
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Trawler
Location
Cairnbaan
Vessel type
Morecambe Bay Prawner
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Stoba, William, Fleetwood
Built in
1904
Rig
Schooner
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.30 feet
(1.83m)
Depth
6.00 feet
(3.96m)
Length: Overall
45.97 feet
(14.02m)
History
Built in 1904 by William Stoba of Fleetwood, PROVIDER is a schooner rigged Morecambe Bay prawn boat. Her hull is carvel built, with an oak keel and frames, pitch pine planking below the waterline and larch above. She has a Volvo diesel inboard engine, model MD21. She operated as a fishing boat until 1970, when she was converted to a schooner by a naval architect and is presently based at Cairbaan, Argyll and Bute.
She recently had her mainmast and forefoot replaced.
Update, October 2023: Vessel for sale.
Sources
Lockett, Alan, North Western Sail, Countryside Publications Ltd, 1978
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
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