Author Archives: Mick Dawson

Northumbrian Coble – Peggy 2

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Ownership It was customary with a coble to put the name of the owner on the port stern quarter and while this was particularly true of those fishing off the Northumberland Coast it appears that with a good many boats … Continue reading →

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Northumbrian Coble – Peggy 1

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Offsets When I said one sunny afternoon, my son and I with the aid of his girlfriend took Peggy’s lines, it was not strictly true. What we did, was to take a series of offsets at five stations, one at … Continue reading →

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Fifty Thousand Views

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Mick Dawson

– in seven months for the reborn website. The original which had about 800,000 in ten years had to be put down, like a very poorly pet that had developed a malignant growth which could not be contained and one … Continue reading →

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The domain – nemaritimetrust.co.uk

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Email to the Chair of the North East Maritime Trust – copied to the Trustees of the Charity set up to take care of the vessels restored/repaired by them and any other relevant assets, acquired over the last twenty years:- … Continue reading →

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Fair winds and Following Seas

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Dear MemberPlease find our Summer Newsletter attached for your perusal.We wish you all Fair Winds and Following Seas. When Alec Renwick wrote this on the 5th June 2024 under the subject of the NEMT NEWSLETTER he did not wish one … Continue reading →

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Missing Archives

Posted on September 12, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Before the provider for nemaritimetrust.co.uk was switched from TSOHost to IONOS in April 2024 the archives from the old site were copied so that they could be loaded into the new site and the first thing to notice was that … Continue reading →

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DRS 26876: Part 1

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Mick Dawson

29 July 2024 Dear Sir or Madam Thank you for the copy of the dispute raised by Mr A Renwick of Fisherman’s Workshop, Wapping St, South Shields and the covering letter giving instructions on how to deal with his request/demand … Continue reading →

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DRS 26876 at workflow.nominet.org.uk

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Mick Dawson

What rights is Mr A Renwick asserting? Our Rights to This Domain have been removed by Mr Michael Dawson as follows;The domain name nemaritimetrust.co.uk has now been claimed and used by Mr Michael Dawson- (daw50nmdj@hotmail.co.uk) and has a high risk … Continue reading →

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HFS Visit to Blyth, 6th July

Posted on July 12, 2024 by Mick Dawson

Very nice comment by the skipper of the yacht Aurelia: Saturday July 5 my wife and I enjoyed a short trip on the Henry Frederick James on the river Blyth, invited by its crew.They told us about the history of … Continue reading →

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NEMT and its Chairman

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Mick Dawson

It would appear that the Chairman of the North East Maritime Trust, Mr Alec Renwick, had been planning to rewrite its history since 14th October 2022 with a new website, nemaritimetrust.org.uk:- LOOKUP nemaritimetrust.org.ukDomain Repository Object Identifier: D_78192392-UKLifecycleDomain Expiry 2024-10-14Domain last … Continue reading →

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