No, its not Nessie!

AlexMatos, on June 11, 2007, said:

Isnt it Nessie?

Cheers Alex

Nice photo

cometboy, on May 3, 2008, said:

only the laxity of the British Goverment would allow an insurance company to leave this eyesore on the bottom at a very scenic Tail 'o The Bank . Bring your rubbish here to foul up he scenery. Cometboy

© Douglas MacGregor, on May 23, 2008, said:

The "Sugar Boat" is actually the Greek cargo ship CAPTAYANNIS. She was holed in a collision during the storm of 27th January 1974 and beached on shallow sandbanks at the Tail 'o The Bank. No one has taken responsibility for her removal and since she does not block the main shipping channel, she has simply been left to rust away.

Views like this are only possible at low tide when the hull is exposed to view. At high tide there is little to see.

ghaziguy, on June 17, 2008, said:

how did it turn over completely in shallow water???

© Douglas MacGregor, on June 17, 2008, said:

It is not turned over completely. It is lying on its side. What you see in the photo is the bottom of the boat towards us and one side above the water line.

Majock, on February 8, said:

Hi all, I watched this happen in72/73 ish, not 74. If it happened in 74 then I would not have seen it. I joined the Army in 73, so it happened just before my departure from Greenock. It did not have a collision it ran aground on a sandbank and could not be freed. Over 4 nights the authorities tried in vain but to no avail, had no choice but to abandon it. I remember each night a bit at a time the lights would be switched off untill there were no more lights left on,so this was the give up time.

Each year I would visit home and see the ship slowly listing, as you can see now on its side. Sad, but shit happens.

Majock, on February 8, said:

There are worse eysores at the side of our roads than this is. Take for instance stolen abandoned cars, drunks , bums, rubbish. At least some good has come out of our human error, our locals can make a few bob in providing excursions to the site.