Observing the performance of his brother Ruairidh Nicholson’s new prawn creel catamaran Harmony CY -777 in action prompted North Uist skipper Donald Archie Nicholson to place an order for a similar new boat with Sutton Workboats, based at Newhaven in the south of England.
Both Harmony and the new Charlene Ann are built to Seafish specifications, and the two catamarans now represent half of the local static gear fleet in the remote village of Lochmaddy where inshore creel fishing has long been of particular importance.
