Anyone know this boat? Is there a website/register of sail numbers?

Gruinard Island for those who dont know.
When during the war we had time out from developing Sarin nerve gas we developed a very virulent air borne anthrax spray.
They populated Gruinard Island with sheep and then tried the spray out.
It used to be there were big red warning signs on the road side telling you that if you landed there you would die horribly.
It was declared clear back in the 80s I think.
There is some suggestion that the plaugue back in the 1660s was anthrax rather than bubonic.
 
She looks like jim mcilwraith's yawl?

Tho i have no idea if he had her in 2004, or indeed if he was in gruinard bay!

(Survey one)
 
EuanMcKenzie said:
Can't tie in the sail number but it looks a bit like a cruiser 8 which is a clyde class built by McGruers. Some were built as 17t auxiliary yawls and it could be one of them.

Here is one
http://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/details/568/David-Boyd-42-ft-8-Metre-CR-1967/yacht-for-sale/

and the register at McGruers

http://mcgruer-register.org/listboats.html shows which are yawls
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That sounds somewhat positive, thanks.
I've copied and pasted the boat shown below (can't remove the spaces!). Coigach is a big hill across Outer Loch Broom from me, so it might just be the boat I thought belonged to the local family I mentioned. More investigating needed, but thank you for the links.
Beautiful boats, especially the one advertised, only £120,000!!
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ffiill said:
Gruinard Island for those who dont know.
When during the war we had time out from developing Sarin nerve gas we developed a very virulent air borne anthrax spray.
They populated Gruinard Island with sheep and then tried the spray out.
It used to be there were big red warning signs on the road side telling you that if you landed there you would die horribly.
It was declared clear back in the 80s I think.
There is some suggestion that the plaugue back in the 1660s was anthrax rather than bubonic.
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It was sprayed with a solution of Formaldehyde (spelling?) and sea water. Apparently that got rid of the contamination, but I've only set "toe" on the spit, not walked on the main island mass. Others have done so - apparently without harm!
 
Robert Wilson said:
Forgive the ignorance, but should I know Jim Mcilwraith's name? Where might be/was his local area?
Any idea of the name of his boat?

Thanks.
R
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Sorry - he's a surveyor - survey one, based renfrew.

Saboo i believe

Edit - don't know where Saboo is based, tho think she is on the clyde
 
Sabot is based at Tarbert on a mooring and is she not back to green

I thought the mcgruer yawls were a bit bigger than the 8cr s and James Mcgruer designed most of them but not all
Sonda although the not an 8cr was probably the prototype
The 8cr grew quite a bit over the years though


Gigi was is only 8cr yawl on mcgruer list
 
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Any other Clyde Cruising Club members on here? Their yearbook lists lots of Scottish boats sail numbers, including my father's and he moved South in 1975/6! I cannot find my copy at the moment.

Interesting some-one has mentioned Coigach, I thought it could be her. Saw her on the CCC Centenary Cruise in 2010.
 
foeu said:
Not Coigach
http://classicyachtinfo.com/yachts/coigach/
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From your link pic it's definitely not Coigach - the cockpit layout is not the same as my pic off Gruinard Beach. And obviously, the sail number isn't the same.

Hey ho, back to the detective work!
But thanks one and all. Keep it coming. Even I don't find #3048 at least I'm (we're) seeing some super boats and learning much.

RW
 
This is the CR8 "Debbie" from back in the day. Never a yawl but gives you an idea of the hull shape and interesting windows
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skip50 said:
Any other Clyde Cruising Club members on here? Their yearbook lists lots of Scottish boats sail numbers, including my father's and he moved South in 1975/6! I cannot find my copy at the moment.
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I think all the current CCC numbers should be on the CYCA website. A CCC year book from the time of the photograph could be useful ....
 
Robert Wilson said:
Sail No 3048. Classic Yawl circa 38' - 40' perhaps.
She sailed into Gruinard bay (in front of my house) in 2004.
I can't see by enlarging my image if she has the Fife Dragon on her bow.

I thought she belongs to someone named Scobie, from these parts, but I think his is a sloop, of similar design.

Is there a register of sail numbers, with other details of boats and/or owners?

Many thanks

PS. Quirkily, the image number from my camera/download is 3048 - same as the sail number!!

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Just noticed this boat is sporting a red ensign, and not a blue one, so presumably not a CCC or CYCA member.
It looks to me (from afar) that the sprayhood could not spring-from or cover a large cockpit exit (Terminology brain-fade:confused:) so probably not a CR8 type. Hull shape looks very similar though. And the windows look about right.
 
There was a similar yacht on the clyde a couple of years ago
She was an English boat and was a bit boxier and heavier built than a McGruer design
The bow is also heavier in this photo
 
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