39814: Kiuka

Boat – Kiuka*
Reg. 1915

No. SY 212
16.7ft keel
Mast and lug sail
4.5 ton
4 man crew
Line fishing and creels

Owner/Skipper – Angus Macdonald (Bodach Beag), Valasay
Builder – Scodaidh, Kirkibost

Reg. closed 19-10-1943

*Kenneth Macdonald, son of the Bodach Beag emigrated to Canada. He sent his father money to build a new boat, which Angus named Kiuka, after the place where Kenneth was then living. Kenneth enlisted with the Canadian forces in WW1 and was killed in France.