The Corpach Wreck
Corpach, Fort William, Scotland
STS will be back shortly, but here's a few notes on the image...
In recent years this wreck has become a photographer’s hotspot along with the Glenfinnan Viaduct of Harry Potter fame.
It's true name is the "MV Dayspring", a fishing boat built in 1975 to catch herring and mackerel. It's life as a fishing vessel came to an end in 2000 and was moored in the Fort William area. However, the boat was caught in a storm in December 2011 which ripped it from its moorings where it ran aground at Corpach.
Since then, the Dayspring MV has been quietly waiting where the storm brought it. Not so quietly... in 2017, a large rescue operation was launched because a boat had just triggered its distress beacon. It was actually the wreck’s buoy. It was perhaps MV Dayspring’s trick not to be forgotten. The banks of the loch have now calmed down. But the old fishing boat is still waiting for someone to look at it and to reinvent a future for it.
The Corpach Wreck
Corpach, Fort William, Scotland
STS will be back shortly, but here's a few notes on the image...
In recent years this wreck has become a photographer’s hotspot along with the Glenfinnan Viaduct of Harry Potter fame.
It's true name is the "MV Dayspring", a fishing boat built in 1975 to catch herring and mackerel. It's life as a fishing vessel came to an end in 2000 and was moored in the Fort William area. However, the boat was caught in a storm in December 2011 which ripped it from its moorings where it ran aground at Corpach.
Since then, the Dayspring MV has been quietly waiting where the storm brought it. Not so quietly... in 2017, a large rescue operation was launched because a boat had just triggered its distress beacon. It was actually the wreck’s buoy. It was perhaps MV Dayspring’s trick not to be forgotten. The banks of the loch have now calmed down. But the old fishing boat is still waiting for someone to look at it and to reinvent a future for it.