Marigot

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Exercise with B/F Lifeboat

Boat Maintenance April 2008

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Marigot is run and maintained by MVS Tay as a passenger carrying and training vessel by kind permission of her owner Clive McKeag. She was built by Philips and Sons in 1966 and was fitted out to an exceptional standard. She has a stateroom, two bathrooms, as well as crew accommodation and a fully equipped galley.

Marigot at Broughty Ferry Harbour

Marigot at the Pilot Pier Broughty Ferry




An early morning passenger trip from Broughty Harbour (click here to see the dolphins spotted on this trip Tay Dolphins)


Marigot has a framework of iroko with a double skin of African Mahogany laid on this. Her keel is English oak. Immediately upon boarding the vessel it is apparent that she was built to a very high standard, with little expense spared during her construction.

	She is coded to MCA requirements and can carry 12 passengers in addition to her crew. She is fully equipped with all the latest safety equipment and is maintained to a high standard by members of our unit. She is refitted each year in the spring before her sailing season commences. Click here for more on Marigot's refit 2007

Marigot regularly does trips around the Tay, and often goes up to Perth when the tide allows.

		To enquire about or to book a trip on Marigot phone 01382 542516 and talk to Bob Richmond.


Dolphins photographed from Marigot's rail.



Last trip of the day - late autumn 2006


Marigot is also used extensively for training our members . This was a winter trip to Perth from Dundee and back. She was photographed from our rib "Piglet" with "Badger and the Friarton Bridge in extreme distance.



More training as she goes over the Bar of the Tay in rough weather on her way to Arbroath.



She was hired by the BBC in 2006 to take a film crew doing a documentary on the Tay Bridge Disaster.

Marigot's wheelhouse shows the quality of her construction, made in an age before building with hardwoods was considered a lifestyle crime. Ever conscious of image, Callum dresses like a extra from an early Bond film to take the wheel. He often does this.


		Marigot is 52ft long with a Beam of 14ft. She draws 1.37 metres

	She's fitted with twin Perkins 6 cylinder 110hp. normally aspirated diesels and has a Lister Blackstone diesel generator supplying 24 volts DC to all parts of the vessel.

	She is fitted with a hot water system supplying a shower, central heating radiators and a bath!

	Returning to Davy Anderson Marine, Newport to tie up for the night.

During Marigot's refit and repainting at Davy Anderson's.


	Click for more info and images of her Refit 2007

Ready for the season again waiting for high tide to float off..


For more information on maintenance work carried out on Marigot by our members click links below

	Marigot's Refit 1 - Putting her onto the slip at night

		Marigot's Refit 2 - Work on the Port side

			Marigot's refit 3 - Work on the Starboard side

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Many thanks are due to Clive McKeag for letting us use this fine vessel.