OUR BOAT, ARIEL, Neil Swanson, Denis Osbourne, Old Quay Moorings Newlyn 1985.
From the Fishing vessel registers.
Ariel, Registered PZ 539, based at Newlyn; built 1976 at Hayle; 18ft x 7 ft x 2.9 ft; 1.64 grt.
Owners 2nd April 1981 Dennis Stanley Osborne, Penpons Close.
1st September 1982 Registration cancelled on change of ownership;
1st September 1982 Donald Neil Swanson, 19 Tolver Road - New Certificate
27th August 1987 Registration cancelled on change of owner
27th August 1987 John Norman George Long - New certificate.
22nd April 1989 Registration Closed under Merchant Shipping Act.
[ a new system of registration was commenced and has since become digitally stored]
The other vessel is the PZ 586 Ivalux,
originally Lucy May, name changed 3rd August 1985;
based Newlyn; built 1978 at Penzance.
Length of keel 23 ft; 33.3 ft x 11.8 ft x 5.2 ft; 9.19 grt; crew of 3.
Re-measured 4th January 1980; 27.7 ft x 10.9 ft x 3.4 ft; 4.62 grt.
Owner 14th August 1978 John Michael Clow, Mount's Bay Parc
Reg cancelled on change of ownership
3rd August 1985 Kenneth Charles Cave, Stibb, Bude.
Raymond Forward