Registration number 739
Status Registered
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White Heather - under way, starboard view, Peel 2008
White Heather - bow view port side
White Heather - bow view port side
White Heather - stern view
White Heather - port bow
White Heather - bow view
White Heather - starboard bow
White Heather - starboard bow
White Heather - starboard side view
White Heather - starboard side view
White Heather - foreground
White Heather - stern view
White Heather - port side view
White Heather racing
White Heather - period photo, found as a postcard in a shop in Peel
White Heather - print from her fishing days, date unknown
White Heather - print from her fishing days, date unknown
White Heather - print from her fishing days, in Douglas Harbour, date unknown
White Heather - under sail, Peel 2008
White Heather - under sail, Peel 2008
White Heather - under sail, Peel 2008
White Heather - under sail
White Heather - under full sail
White Heather - under sail, bow view
Sailing at sea
On board at sea
Looking out to the sea

Details

Function Fishing Vessel
Location Peel
Vessel type Nobby
Current use Private use
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No
Web address http://www.white-heather-nobby.com/

Construction

Builder Neakle & Watterson, Peel, Isle of Man
Built in 1904
Hull material Wood
Rig Lug
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Sail
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
13.50 feet (4.12m)
Depth
7.00 feet (2.14m)
Length: Overall
42.98 feet (13.11m)

History

Built in 1904 by Neakle & Watterson at Peel, Isle of Man as a sailing lugger for the Manx Fishery, WHITE HEATHER operated in this capacity until 1957 when she was converted into a yacht. As a gaff ketch in private ownership, she is based at Peel and is in regular commission.

Key dates

  • 1904

    Built during the second half of 1904 and launched on Christmas Eve of the same year 
  • 1921

    Fished Manx waters till around 1921 when she was sold to Northern Ireland 
  • 1970

    Converted into a private pleasure boat 
  • 1989

    Bought by present owner
  • 2007

    Nobby (lug) rig re-installed with sale from North Sea Sails 

Sources

Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
White Heather: A local to Peel, 2001
Classic Boat: A Manx Tale, September 1995

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

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