A wooden hull (12m x 3m x 1.2m high) (Plate 8), consisting of the keel, ribs and an iron ballast block (1m x 0.2m x 0.15m) stranded on the edge of the W bank of the Ullapool River (Sketch Plan 1). The construction includes wooden pegs, iron clench pins, screws and strakes. The remains of a small fishing vessel, probably a rowing boat. The remaining timber is in an advanced state of decay. The vessel should be fully researched, assessed and recorded by a specialist maritime archaeologist.
ShoreUPDATE 12/5/2016
This is the remains of a carvel-built fishing boat with stone ballast. The angle of the stem and stern suggest this was a Zulu. Overall length is c.10m, (making this a 2nd-class vessel) with 33 frames (all are present). The hull survives to the 2nd futtock, and is better preserved on its port side, lying on its starboard side. A section of the hull on the forward starboard side has broken off at the joint between the floor and 1st futtock, with external planking, futtocks and ?gunnel and stringer lying adjacent to main body. Copper, iron and trenail fastenings present.
There is possible evidence that the boat was fitted with an engine; there are two larger floors towards the stern which contain an area of concrete with iron fastenings and with further iron staining. The large iron block noted by the original surveyors may be related to this as its measurements correspond with the distance between these larger floors. This may have formed housing for an engine block, though it is unclear whether this was part of the original build of the vessel or was retro-fitted.
Comment November 2017 James MacGregor
This boat was a Loch Fyne Skiff rather than a Zulu. Both types had the steeply raking sternpost described.
The Loch Fyne Skiff was a partly decked boat designed for the fishing of herring with the ring net method. With a maximum length of about 40 feet, they never reached the size of the larger Zulus which were designed for the drift net method of fishing. Originally they were rigged with a standing lugsail on a steeply raked mast.
Most Loch Fyne Skiffs were built at boatyards in places such as Campbeltown, Ardrishaig, Carradale, Blairmore etc, close to the Firth of Clyde "heartland" of their operations.
The Loch Fyne Skiff type ceased to be built in the early part of the 20th century and was replaced by the cruiser sterned motor ring net boat.
Small numbers of this boat type continued to be used in the North West Highlands up until the early 1960s.
Towards the end of her working life this boat was owned by one of the families living on West Shore Street in Ullapool.
A handful of Loch Fyne Skiffs have survived into the 21st century as yachts, and several yachts have been built along these lines.
Location
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27700
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Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
19/05/2016
Location of hulk on bank of Ullapool river
training1
19/05/2016
Detail of stern area with possible engine mount
training1
19/05/2016
View along Zulu from stem to stern
training1
19/05/2016
Zulu, detail of bow showing detached portion and stem post
training1
19/05/2016
Length of hulk from stern to bow
training1
19/05/2016
Zulu, detail showing angle of stern post
training1
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
2637
19/05/2016
training1
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Intertidal
Threats
structural damage/decay
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Access
easily accessible - no restrictions; vehicular access
Description
A wooden hull (12m x 3m x 1.2m high) (Plate 8), consisting of the keel, ribs and an iron ballast block (1m x 0.2m x 0.15m) stranded on the edge of the W bank of the Ullapool River (Sketch Plan 1). The construction includes wooden pegs, iron clench pins, screws and strakes. The remains of a small fishing vessel, probably a rowing boat. The remaining timber is in an advanced state of decay. The vessel should be fully researched, assessed and recorded by a specialist maritime archaeologist.
ShoreUPDATE 12/5/2016
This is the remains of a carvel-built fishing boat with stone ballast. The angle of the stem and stern suggest this was a Zulu. Overall length is c.10m, (making this a 2nd-class vessel) with 33 frames (all are present). The hull survives to the 2nd futtock, and is better preserved on its port side, lying on its starboard side. A section of the hull on the forward starboard side has broken off at the joint between the floor and 1st futtock, with external planking, futtocks and ?gunnel and stringer lying adjacent to main body. Copper, iron and trenail fastenings present.
There is possible evidence that the boat was fitted with an engine; there are two larger floors towards the stern which contain an area of concrete with iron fastenings and with further iron staining. The large iron block noted by the original surveyors may be related to this as its measurements correspond with the distance between these larger floors. This may have formed housing for an engine block, though it is unclear whether this was part of the original build of the vessel or was retro-fitted.
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24/09/2011
JonieCG
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Intertidal
Coastally eroding?
active sea erosion; accreting
Threats
water erosion (e.g. stream, etc)
Visibility above ground
Highly visible (substantial remains)
Visibility in section
Limited visibility in section
Access
easily accessible - no restrictions; accessible on foot (no footpath)
Local knowledge
don't know
Description
A wooden hull (12m x 3m x 1.2m high) (Plate 8), consisting of the keel, ribs and an iron ballast block (1m x 0.2m x 0.15m) stranded on the edge of the W bank of the Ullapool River (Sketch Plan 1). The construction includes wooden pegs, iron clench pins, screws and strakes. The remains of a small fishing vessel, probably a rowing boat. The remaining timber is in an advanced state of decay. The vessel should be fully researched, assessed and recorded by a specialist maritime archaeologist.