5 October, 2007

A NEW DVD for fishing boat enthusiasts is coming out in time for the start of the Christmas shopping season.

Orkney based photographer and cameraman Craig Taylor is launching his 8th volume of the 'At the Fishing' series next week.

Mr Taylor's latest DVD runs for more than two hours and includes footage from the 1960s to the present day, featuring fishing vessels ranging from inshore creel boats to deep sea trawlers.

As with the other DVDs in the series the compilation is not filmed by professional cameramen, but by fishermen themselves while at work on various trips at sea.

Included in the compilation is the following footage:

a.. Galilaean GY 603 - short cine film recorded onboard the Grimsby trawler off the coast of Iceland in the mid 1960s;
b.. cine film of north east Scotland boats, including footage of the launch of the Progress BF1 in 1967, as well as other vessels fishing, including taking a haul of sprats in the Beauly Firth;
c.. Rivo K 391 - converted cine film recorded in the late1970s and early 1980s mainly shows the Rivo. As well as the Westray based trawler there is also some footage of Pierowall, in Westray in a gale. Other boats on show are the Our Catherine, Bon Ami and the Monica Croan;
d.. Seagull BF 83 and Osprey BF 500 shown pair trawling off the west coast of Scotland in the 1980s;
e.. Seagull BF 74 - launch of the 68 foot fishing boat in MacDuff in 1990 and filmed on a fishing trip;
f.. Vandal LK 337 fishing in deep water in the Atlantic close to St Kilda, west of Scotland, in the late 1990s;
g.. Vandal LK 337 and Harvest Reaper III PD120 carrying out experimental fishing trials for tuna off the cost of Spain in the late 1990s;
h.. Mizpah LK 173 shown fishing in 2000 and onwards. Also featured are fishing boats from Orkney and Shetland as well as from ports on mainland Scotland;
i.. Boy Shane WK 673 pictured hauling and shooting creels in 2000;
j.. Adeina D 665 filmed leaving Killybegs in 1999 on a trip to Rockall, before returning to Killybegs to land;
k.. Orkney Reiver K49 and Rivo K391 pair-trawling in 1988, filmed fishing as well as taking shelter at St Kilda, off the west coast of Scotland;
l.. Keila K 121 filmed on a trip to Rockall in 1991 and landing at Scrabster. Also shown is a short clip of the boats home port of Pierowall, Westray.

The DVD, as well as the other seven compilations, are available from Orkney stockists, from Mr Taylor's website at www.fishingboatvideos.co.uk or at LHD Marine Supplies, in Lerwick.