1972 - 1984 | Back to Work

NOTE: Some of this is identical to what is written on Wikipedia, as both were written by the author of this website, stardust5980 (aka celesteshipping5980). 

NOTE TWO: Huge thanks to Kenneth Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy for providing Kenneth's book 'ALL AT SEA' which provides almost all of the information on this page.

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- They had a backlog of bookings for fishing trips so they were soon out to catch more cod. Between trips, Kenneth continued to upgrade the accommodation and now had bunks for twenty people. On one weekend there was a booking error, which met them with two groups of twelve. While legally they were only rated to carry twelve passengers, the fishermen did not realise due to the size of the ship. Kenneth sent them off to gather bait to have enough time to bring aboard additional food and bedding. They were soon off, and they struggled through the two days without much hassle while looking after 24 passengers.[1]

In July they had a family holiday onboard, picking up sand as usual. They had since disposed of the grab crane they had to resort to using buckets. They soon had twenty tons aboard with additional help from Kenneth's sons. To finish the holiday they took the ship up to Loch Fyne, dropping anchor for the night at Ardrishaig. As they sat on deck Kenneth spotted a man waving his arms around, and it dawned on him that the man was trying to get their attention. He took a boat ashore and found out that the man turned out to be from BBC Scotland, who had been sent to try and hire the ship for a film called Mendellsohn in Scotland that was set to be shot at Staffa, an island off the coast of Mull. It was certainly a surprise and there was some reluctance given how the last trip to filming went. Kenneth was eventually convinced as the work would be paid, and the family would be able to make the journey along with him. With that decided, the ship was set to be at Oban by September 29th, 1979.[1]

References

1.  Kennedy, Kenneth M. (1985). All At Sea. Retrieved 2023-12-16.