39723: Swiftsure

Boat Swiftsure*
Reg. 1892

No. SY 976
22ft keel
Mast and lug sail
5 ton
5 man crew
Line fishing and creels

Owner/Skipper – Malcolm Macdonald (Tochaidh), Hacklete

Reg. closed 1906; not fishing
Sold to Duncan Macrae (postmaster, Callanish ) and used to ferry mails to Bernera and Miavaig.
Sold to Carloway.
Fishing for herring in 1926

*This boat was built by William Macdonald, Stornoway (Kenny Frogan’s father). It was built outside Tochaidh’s house in Hacklete.