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No: 9925 Contributor: Raymond Grieve Year: 1937
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From left Naughty Girl owned and raced by Dan Kirkpatrick, Mizpah owned by my grandfather, raced occasionally by my father. Sorry don't have any details about boat on the right.
I say that my father occasionally raced Mizpah as he was in demand as a skipper. The done thing about this time was for boat owners to hire a skipper for events such as Kirkwall Regatta, Rousay Regatta etc. I recall him saying that he won the Kirkwall Regatta "All Comer's" race at the age of 15, beating my grandfather and Dan in Mizpah, and got well paid for it.
View Large VersionPicture added on 15 March 2008
Peter John Foulis's yacht was called the 'Skeldro' see picture #3109
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Anonymous comment added on 20 April 2008
Ships and boats
She was very much the same size as the Naughty Girl, only the sterns were different as you can see.
Regret I can't remember the name, but perhaps this will jog memories somewhere.
Regards........Peter.