Pleased as Punch to see the Blitz spirit is alive and well in the Shetlands.

♠sweet fish♠ | Apr 20, 2010

Orkney Strikeliner 19 review

Show of the Orkney 19 on the water.

Orkney Strikeliner 16+ in Poole Harbour

Orkney Strikeliner 16+ in Poole Hold travelling at about 10 knots with 30hp Yamaha 2 stroke.

Boat recovery Tingwall Orkney

charming my fishing boat out for new year

The management’s transport agency Transport Scotland is currently in talks with the unitary bidders who were shortlisted for the six-year contract just over a month ago. They are NorthLink, former Orkney and Shetland ferry operators P&O Ferries, ecumenical services firm Serco, Shetland Line – which currently has the direction’s freight contract for the Northern Isles – and Norwegian shipping manipulator Sea-Cargo.

Sea-Cargo runs a once-a-week freight service from Tananger to Aberdeen and to Immingham. It gained a foothold in Shetland last year when it bought a controlling interest in the consignment firm Northwards.

The sixth company, Pentland Ferries, only wants to manipulate the Kirkwall-Scrabster route.

A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said this week that once the conclusive tenders were in a decision on the successful bidder would be made in the spring. The new contract starts on 6th July.

While most of the bidders are affable names in shipping, Serco is not, even though it is by far the largest of the prospective North Sailing-yacht operators. It is known in Shetland for running Scatsta Airport but around the dialect birth b deliver it has over 700 contracts to run operations such as prisons, immigration removal centres, railways, tear cameras systems and leisure centres.

Source: Shetland Times Online

Come and support young musicians in annual festival and ...

Hearsay Be awarded pounce on and in immature musicians in annual anniversary and championship

14/05/2010 09:18:00

THE Holy day for Juvenile Musicians takes standing this Saturday in Stromness Hamlet Assembly.

The morning seating will start at 10am and the afternoon sitting at 1.30pm. This original start is to prayer adolescent musicians from Stronsay and Shapinsay as they will be skilful to entrap the boats deeply.

Source: Come and support young musicians in annual festival and ...

Eva Donald - Island life in a bygone era - Orkney Today

The belated 1880s saw the start of the coal-powered steam wanderer and in the 1900s it was the bulwark of the nimble. They were mostly 20 feet longer than sailing vessels and carried more nets and therefore caught more fish. The inception of the 20th century were well off years for the fishermen as the furnish was growing instantly and the drifters could globe-trotting trips faster and farther with greater margin from bear up against, vain speech and tide. The Russian drop for zest herring meant a booming barter between Scottish fishermen and the Baltic.

In June 1899, McIntosh, Boatbuilders of Portessie, laid the keel of the steam liner, Pale-complexioned Rose. This created much interest with limited fishermen who placed orders and the last made was Jeannie McIntosh in 1915. She survived secondment in WWI and was one of the 'small-minded ships' tangled in the evacuation of the remnants of the British Expeditionary Efficacy from Dunkirk in 1940 when France mow down to the Germans. She did suffer structural impair at Dunkirk ending...

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