Rowing Boat
A splendid rowing boat, at Wick Inner Harbour.
There are three harbours in Wick, the Outer Harbour, the Inner Harbour, and the River Harbour, all of which are formed and protected by breakwaters. The Outer and Inner Harbours are on the south side of the estuary, divided from the River Harbour by a breakwater. The River Harbour straddles the river, with breakwaters on either side of an entrance about 30m wide.
Wick Inner Harbour now has an extensive marina complex, and is fast becoming a base for leisure boating. It is also now a well known stopping point for visiting pleasure craft.
Wick (from the old Norse 'vik' - a bay), lies in a strategic position on the north east tip of mainland Scotland.
The earliest harbour works began in 1803 under the British Fisheries Society, to exploit the huge seasonal herring fishing, which peaked around 1900, when some 1120 vessels were based here, and over two particularly busy days, landed fifty million fish!
Thirsty work - at about that time the workforce were consuming 3000 litres of whisky a week from the local Old Pulteney Distillery!
Rowing Boat
A splendid rowing boat, at Wick Inner Harbour.
There are three harbours in Wick, the Outer Harbour, the Inner Harbour, and the River Harbour, all of which are formed and protected by breakwaters. The Outer and Inner Harbours are on the south side of the estuary, divided from the River Harbour by a breakwater. The River Harbour straddles the river, with breakwaters on either side of an entrance about 30m wide.
Wick Inner Harbour now has an extensive marina complex, and is fast becoming a base for leisure boating. It is also now a well known stopping point for visiting pleasure craft.
Wick (from the old Norse 'vik' - a bay), lies in a strategic position on the north east tip of mainland Scotland.
The earliest harbour works began in 1803 under the British Fisheries Society, to exploit the huge seasonal herring fishing, which peaked around 1900, when some 1120 vessels were based here, and over two particularly busy days, landed fifty million fish!
Thirsty work - at about that time the workforce were consuming 3000 litres of whisky a week from the local Old Pulteney Distillery!