Transcription of the evidence of Charles MacLean given at the enquiry into the sudden of death of a fishing crew from Mannal in 1860.
Courtesy of Argyll & Bute Archives
In April 1860 two fishing skiffs, one from Mannal and one from Balephuil, were out near Stevenson’s Rock, twenty kilometres to the south-west of Tiree. Both boats were rigged with dipping lugs which require considerable skill when tacking in heavy seas.
In windy weather there is the danger that too much sail will cause the boat to heel over and be swamped. This is apparently what happened to the Mannal boat which was not seen again after leaving the fishing grounds in the early morning.
Lugsails are shortened by lowering the yard and taking in reefs, i.e. hooking the sail to the bow at a point further up the luff (the leading edge of the sail) and tying the excess sail with reefs (cords attached to both sides of the sail). A lugsail may have four to six rows of reefs depending on its size.
Copied newspaper article about the Congregational Chapel at Cornaig.
Article about saving the Congregational Chapel at Cornaig, suggesting it may have built by the Skerryvore stonemasons, also the state of Tiree`s listed buildings and new housing developments and comments by Councillor Ian Gillies.
Invoice and label from Brora wool mill, 1936, found in the byres opposite Hynish House.
Invoice dated 1936 from T. M. Hunter of the Sutherland Wool Mills at Brora addressed to John Hume of Heylipol Farm for wool, plus a delivery label addressed to T. M. Hunter.
Local news and events including the new visitor information centre, the refurbishment of Taigh a` Rudha, Argyll & Bute Design Guide, a broadband update, Scarinish harbour and Gott pier improvements project, the flower book and Coll magazine project and news from the youth club, RSPB, the regatta club and the school.
Local news and events including TEAR agri-plastic recycling project, Tiree Community Council meeting, the SISU project, the air ambulance tragedy and news from the WRI, the school and Skipinnish Tours.
Local news and events including the Argyll & Bute Planning Design Award, CalMac sailings and tendering, weather ersoion, farmers` markets at the Rural Centre and news from Tiree Heritage Society, Tiree Environmental Action & Recycling, the school and the RSPB.
Local news and events including Crossapol Environmental Project, the tendering for CalMac routes, report from the Community Council, RSPAs (Rural Service Priority Areas), the Rural Centre Garden project, the Scarinish Hotel weekend away, the February cattle sale and news from the WRI.
Local news and events including the Council`s scrapping the rebuild of Tiree High School, the local councillor`s viewpoint, an update about broadband, the wind turbine feasibility study and news from the school, the WRI and the RSPB.
