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Zulus
proved popular in other corners of Britain, most notably
the west coast of Ireland where the Irish Congested
Board funded the building of some in Scotland that were
taken out there to work amongst the remote communities.
So successful were they that many more were built there.
One, the Leenan Head, has survived and has been rebuilt
to her former state in northern France. Various smaller
types of boats worked long-lines inshore. Zulu skiffs
were smaller examples of the larger boats under 30ft
in length. Similarly fifie yawls were built and were
about the same size. Various examples of both remain.
Bigger fifies were called 'Bauldies' and these were
around the 45-50ft mark. They were named after the Italian
patriot Garibaldi who was fighting for identity in the
nineteenth century. The best remaining bauldie is perhaps
the Isabella Fortuna, built in Arbroath and currently
being rebuilt by Wick Heritage Centre.
Fraserburgh yoles developed in the third decade of this
century as the motor boats were evolving. Peculiar to
the town, these were similar to the bauldies but more
pointed in the stern and had more raking sternposts
from zulu influence. Various examples remain today,
several working out of Peterhead. Double-ended creel
boats are still to be seen in Anstruther and other harbours
and these appear to have evolved from the larger boats.
Motorisation caused the sailing fifie to take precedent
over most of the other types, so that the new motor
fifies led on from these. However, with the introduction
of the new range of diesel engined cruiser-sterned boats,
the days of the hugely successful fifies and zulus were
finally over.
(From
article in the Fishing News).
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