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M.F.V. The Way – FD268

RSS Number: A16729
Gross Tonnage: 36
Length: 16.50m
Breadth: 5.62m
Depth: 1.92m
VCU: 146
Engine: Scania 185Hp/138Kw
Built: 1965, Macduff.

History

1965: Built for Alec and Robbie Noble, Inverallochy
1976: Sold to John K Runton, Isle of Skye.
1979: Sold to Stephen Buchan and Duncan Birnie, Peterhead, Registration changed to PD268.
1983: Sold to Charles Ellis and Tom Marginson, Fleetwood, Registration changed to FD268.
1992: Sold to Lee Evans.
199?: Aground on Tigers Tail Fleetwood for maintenance.
1994: Ran aground, Parton, Irish Sea.
2000: Sold to Shaun Poland.
2003: She was fitted with a Volvo Penta 247HP the variable pitch gear was also removed and a standard gearbox fitted with a new shaft and a 5 bladed propeller.
2006: New wheelhouse fitted.

Notes

She has also fished from Girvan, Barrow and lately Maryport.

Named after passage from Bible, John 14 : 6 : I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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The Way FD268 entering Maryport August 2002
Picture courtesy of George Westwood

The Way FD268 - Picture Courtesy Michael Craine

The Way FD268 - Aground on Tigers Tail for maintenance. Image Courtesy of Tony Frith

The way FD268 - Run aground, Parton, Irish Sea in 1994 - Picture Courtesy of Norman

The Way FD268 showing her new Winch and Wheelhouse - Picture Courtesy of Norman

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtest of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)

M.F.V. The Way FD268
Picture courtesy of Norman (TPF)