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what year and name researching silver'sHere is mine John Bain. .View attachment 129267
what year and name researching silver'sHere is mine John Bain. .View attachment 129267
Launching soon at Iron Wharf. “MISS SILVER”View attachment 136682
Hi AS Boyd,Hi everyone. I was travelling through Fort Willam recently and saw Silver Bird (I could tell instantly it was a Silver's boat )moored up just south of Fort William. My father used to run Silvers up until 1971 and I'd love to see any pictures of Silver's boats. Thanks!!!
It was great to see the boatyard still working as a boatyard and not turned into a shoreline housing development as is the case in many place. Long may it stay that way.I love the continuity of the boat builders shed still beibg there. Nice.
That shed is a recent(late 80s!) addition; there are 3 sheds remaining from the Bain era though, the biggest covering the yard's only remaining patent slip which can probably accommodate up to ~100' vessels, but I'm not aware of it being used for a long time. Shame there's no building being done any more(IIRC the last at Silvers was IODs in the 80s) but it requires a special kind of yard manager to make those sums work in the UK.I love the continuity of the boat builders shed still beibg there. Nice.