
The Cromarty Archive
No: 3359 Contributor: Hugh Cooper Year: 1973
The Cromarty Salmon Fishing BoatThe Cromarty Salmon Fishing Boat summer 1973. Robert is manhandling the net alongside the boat while the Glasgow University students lend a hand.
Hugh Cooper in the forefront and Duncan Craig in the background. You can see the mid-ships engine housing that drove a propeller positioned above the keel allowing the boat to slip over the nets without fouling them.
Picture added on 17 July 2013 at 19:31