Highland Cross Seagull 2012
Through donations from the Highland Cross, Inverness Common Good Fund and many other supporters this boat was built by Buckie Shipyard Ltd., Buckie and was delivered to Highland Branch in April 2012. Unlike her predecessor she has an open bow deck which passengers can access on fine days. She was named by The Princess Royal on the 7th June 2012 at Seaport Marina in Inverness. Her naming ceremony was carried out using a bottle of water which had been carried across from Kintail during the 2010 Highland Cross Duathlon.
The Caledonian Canal is a different class of waterway to the Lowland Canals so a different class of boat was required inevitably at a higher cost. Highland Cross Seagull cost of the order of £250,000 to build.
Naming by HRH Princess Royal 7 June 2012
Training Ship Jack Petchey was in port!
