List of boats up for scrapping grants

[Rossleb]

Thats a real shame, thanks for filling me in i had no idea. SOme of these boats still look well looked after in the photos. Scrapping them seems such a waste.

[Davie Tait]

Looks like the Boy Ian BF11 isn't getting the chop , she's up on the slip at Fraserburgh and has had her waterline repainted and looks like getting some jobs done so looks to be safe from Ghent for a while yet

Gavin the Amity is on the list for scrapping , she's been up for sale for a while now and if she doesn't sell I think Jimmy would take the money and scrap her. He's been wanting ashore for a while and if he gets elected as an MSP in May he would have to sell ( or put the ownership into a blind trust ) the boat anyway. I think he wants to be a politician more than a fisherman now and I couldn't blame him for taking the money not with fuel prices going up again ( watched a bit about the price of crude a couple of days ago and one analyst said that some futures buyers thought that $150 to $200 a barrel would be ball park figures but some could see $250 a barrel by this time 2014 or maybe a little more like summer 2015 )

[wbeedie]

Had heard Mr Buchan was looking at a new vessel if the Amity was getting scrapped well maybe no brand new as its a few years old but never been fished

[Davie Tait]

Be interesting to see if he does get another boat Willie , might be dependent on what happens in May's election , if he wins a seat in the Scottish parliament then he may not bother guess a few months will tell !!

[wbeedie]

DOnt think he will stand a chance going on the Tory ticket in a SNP stronghold the best he could hope for is a List MP , he could always become a slipper skipper and get someone else to work it

[Davie Tait]

He did cut the SNP majority down from 14000 to 4000 in last years general election so to say he stands no chance is not exactly true , will he win who knows guess we will find out the day after the election

[Alexander West]

Daisy is still lying in pd the day davie

[Davie Tait]

Arcturus INS167
Cantara UL637
Lapwing PD972
Shalimar BCK598
Summer Dawn PD97

Any news on these boats , are they still going or definitely getting the chop ??

[ally]

Arcturus away fishing yesterday, Lapwing was lying in PD, Shalimar awa at an oil job anoo.

[dave.oc]

Whats happening with Amity 2? is Jimmy Buchan still skipper?