Model by the late Don Robertson of the Campbeltown-built Opportune BCK 105. Photo John Robertson © We are very grateful to John Robertson of Wick for sending in these photos of a model of the Opportune BCK 105 made by his father, Don Robertson. The Opportune (Yard No. 013) was…
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We are very grateful to Andrew Bremner of Wick for these photos of the launch of his father, Norrie’s boat, the Boy Andrew, in 1979. Te photos show the launch of the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard No. 44) at Campbeltown Shipyard. Andrew went on to commission the Boy Andrew…
We are very grateful to Ronnie Young of Shetland for allowing us scan this article about the Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard No. 74) which was built at Campbeltown Shipyard Ltd for Andrew Bremner in 1986. This article, associated adverts and messages of good wishes were published in Fishing News…
THE FIRST FOR TWENTY YEARS – The “champers” launch. This is an article published on 23rd March, 1979 in the Campbeltown Courier about the first long-line fishing boat to be built in Britain in 20 years, the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard No. 44). She was commissioned by Skipper Norman…
Two articles about Campbeltown Shipyard. The first about the launch of the Boy Andrew WK 170 IN 1986 and the second, Orders will go abroad, talks about the cash shortage for loans for fishing boats. The articles were written by Joyce West and published in Fishing News on 2nd May…
We are delighted to be sharing this collection of photos by Bobby Wylie. The Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard No 74) was the second boat to be commissioned and built for the Bremner family of Wick. The first was the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard No. 44) which was built…
We are grateful to Bobby Wylie for this set of technical drawings. The plan, elevation and cross section are of the Boy Andrew WK 170 (Yard no. 74) which was commissioned by Andrew Bremner of Wick and built in 1986. Bobby Wylie, who was a boat designer, under Douglas McNaught,…
Here we have another celebration dinner invitation, courtesy of former Managing Director at Campbeltown Shipyard, Leslie Howarth. On this occasion we are publishing an invitation from Norman and Jean Bremner of Wick to Leslie to celebrate the launch of the Boy Andrew WK 171 (Yard no. 44), which was built…