Comments for North East Maritime Trust

Comment on ROYAL DIADEM II by John Stephenson

John Stephenson — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:15:38 +0000

I owned the Royal Diadem 11 around 1995/96 bought if from Hector Handyside it then went to Harry Chamblain

Comment on FAVOURITE* by Bruce Buchanan

Bruce Buchanan — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:15:55 +0000

video brings back memories of fishing like this aboard Myrtle LH24 from Port Seton. Visited the trust on Wednesday 16th June at South Shields thanks to Peter Weightman for tour. You are all doing a great job restoring and looking after these old boats.
Thanks Bruce Buchanan.

Comment on RACHEL DOUGLAS* by Bob Allen

Bob Allen — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:37:23 +0000

My Dad was a Whitby fisherman, so was I for 20 years, he was great friends with Tom and Bella Douglas, the only holidays we had were spent with them at Seahouses.
Dad was a cobleman and I fished in cobles and keelboats out of Whitby. I now have a little 28 foot coble called Morning Star, built by Tony Goodall at Sandsend, I bought her last August and she had an awful wheelhouse on here and I have put her back as she was when Tony built her

Comment on RACHEL DOUGLAS* by Peter W

Peter W — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:30:35 +0000

Thanks David, It’s good to hear from people around the world who appreciate our boats; you’ve obviously got a real soft spot for old Rachel Douglas.

Comment on RACHEL DOUGLAS* by David Neilson

David Neilson — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:45:02 +0000

Hi – just came across the Rachel Douglas article by chance. When I was a kid we stayed at the Wilson’s boarding house for our summer holidays. I went out on the boat several times. Our eldest daughters teddy bear is actually called Rachel Douglas.
Let me know if there is anyway to participate in the boats upkeep.
I used to use the name in writing technical documents for computer applications and systems. Rachel Douglas was my fictitious user.

thanks

David Neilson
San Francisco

Comment on SHEMARON OUT OF THE WATER by Charles H Cox

Charles H Cox — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:53:26 +0000

Hi, Love your pictures of working fishing boats. They are my favorate subjects to paint. I feel like I’m right there looking at them. Great work, thanks again. Charlie Cox

Comment on GOLDEN GLEAM* by Peter Weightman

Peter Weightman — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:30:49 +0000

Yes, Golden Gleam looks very like Peggy, but didn’t they all look like that in those days? They are very like the old Cambridge Bros boats but all of them closely follow the same tradition. Ralph Dawson did have a man from Amble for a while, after he started building new boats. However, Ralph had been repairing older cobles for years before he started building new ones like Golden Gleam. Who can say what his influences were?

Comment on Peggy is Back in the Water by mr robinson

mr robinson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:22:15 +0000

this owned bob robinson of amble as the glad tidings BH 177

Comment on PEGGY* by mr robinson

mr robinson — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:47:16 +0000

fished from amble owned by robert robinson as glad tidings bh 177

Comment on GOLDEN GLEAM* by Mick Dawson

Mick Dawson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:47:18 +0000

Look very like Peggy, 28ft built at Harrison’s in Amble in the 1920’s. Is it likely that Dawson’s Boat Builders in Seahouses had people that had been trained at Harrison’s.