Wooden Ships Comments on this Stroma Yole Built by Banks Brothers in Harrow on the north Scottish coast in 1904. Registered in Wick in 1912 with the registration number WK378. She was built for a group of owners on Stroma, David Sinclair, Hugh Simpson, James Robertson, Matthew Dundas and Sinclair Bremner.Wooden Ships Comments on this Stroma Yole Built by Banks Brothers in Harrow on the north Scottish coast in 1904. Registered in Wick in 1912 with the registration number WK378. She was built for a group of owners on Stroma, David Sinclair, Hugh Simpson, James Robertson, Matthew Dundas and Sinclair Bremner. All were crofters on the island of Stroma who required a boat to transport their livestock to and from the mainland across the notoriously rough Pentland Firth. Rebuilt in the 1970’s and sailed extensively around the Summer Isles and Caledonian Canal, to Cromarty and Nairn on the Moray Firth and to the Portsoy Boat Festival. The vessel recently was found taking on water and lifted ashore for safety. The engine had water around it at that time but has since been proven to be in running condition and evidently did not get water inside the engine. Length on Deck 25’ Beam 9’2” Draft 2’8” Construction Clinker planked in larch oak frames, all copper fastened. Straight laid deck of pine with a small toe rail mounted on the heads of the frames that protrude through the cover board. Two separate cockpits with painted coamings. The aft cockpit is for the helmsman with a thwart either side. The forward cockpit is larger for crew or cargo. Rig Standing lug rig on an unstayed mast, stepped through the foredeck onto the keel. Single lug sail in heavy tan material. Machinery Beta Marine 36hp BD1005 4cyl diesel. Recently run up and checked. Disclaimer: These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
