Ted Smith, Peter Weightman and Gordon Brown take the newly acquired Rachel Douglas to introduce themselves to fishing family in Seahouses who used to own her and especially to Rachel Harvey (nee Douglas) after whom she was named.
She had been acquired with the intention of taking her to Tyne to be refurbished before she was to be returned to Seahouses.
The new owners pose with Rachel Harvey, Jack Baxter Douglas’s daughters and a former crew menber Richard Fawcras.
The refurbishment of the Rachel Douglas was to carried out by Fred Crowell with the help of those who were setting up the Charity that was to become the North East Maritime Trust.
At weekends many others besides the three who had brought her down the coast from St Abbs/Seahouses gave a hand and it was they who became the founding members of the trust NEMT.