New Book - they Once Were Shipbuilders. I

SS Sirius was the Leith Built Ship that crossed the mighty Atlantic being the very first such vessel to cross under steam power alone.

Many more Leith "Firsts" can be found in the new book on an almost forgotten maritime past.

Leith-Built Ships Vol. I 

They Once Were Shipbuilders

Make it a xmas gift but dont just take my word for it, have a look at some of the first reviews as shown below.

https://julianstockwin.com/2019/12/11/yuletide-selection-ii/

https://www.thenational.scot/news/18098553.leith-built-history-rival-ships-clyde/

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usreviews/books/whittlesleithbuilt.html

https://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/book-review-they-once-were-shipbuilders-by-r-o-neish/

Available from most good book stores or direct from the publishers.

http://www.whittlespublishing.com/They_Once_Were_Shipbuilders

The book is also available on Amazon and can be delivered anywhere around the world.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Once-Were-Shipbuilders-Leith-Built/dp/1849954437/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Once+Were+Shipbuilders&qid=1576318172&sr=8-1

Christmas Lights for Mercator

Mercator

Xmas lights

The volunteer crew of the last sailing ship built at Leith have been busy setting out some Christmas lights to present the recently refitted ship at her best for this Christmas and New Year of 2017.

  

 

Mercator's mast's being prepared for Xmas Lights as seen above.

This fine and well preserved example of shipbuilding excellence is well worth a visit at her berth in Ostend on the Belgian Coast.

The Sail Training Ship/Museum Mercator seen at her berth in the harbour at Ostend.

Some of Mercators Volenteer Crew sort through the Christmas Lights before climbing the masts to put them up in time for Xmas.

Up the rigging with full safety gear on to get the lights rigged.

Top of the mast on Mercator the last sailing ship built at Leith launched from the Ramage & Ferguson Shipyard as Ship No 268 in December 1931.