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| Hearts of Oak,Ulverston, on her way to the Conwy River Festival - photo Brian Scott |
The ship is reached by driving to Roa Island and taking the ferry that crosses on demand across to Piel Island.
Hearts of Oak is due to sail up Walney channel at 3 pm according to the papers.
This, the last boat to be built in Ulverston in 1912, is a traditional wooden carvel-built Morecambe Bay Prawner, 34 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches beam, gaff-rigged, with a full set of tan sails. She has been restored to ‘as built’ condition with no cabin but does have an engine.
HEARTS OF OAK’s well documented life began on June 8th, 1912 when she took to the water from Ainslie Pier a few hundred yards away from Canal Foot, Ulverston. She was built by John Randall McLester who was then landlord of the Bay Horse pub. As a young man he had been the final apprentice taken on by William White, the last ship-builder based on the Ulverston canal. The boat was built for Peter Butler, the Leven Sands Guide, and together the two men constructed the vessel using local materials and metalwork forged in the nearby ironworks.
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