This Wick registered schooner was on her way from Wick to Stornaway in ballast, when she became becalmed between the Pentland Skerries. Drifting between the Skerries at the mercy of the tide, the Captain ordered his crew to abandon ship. Their small boat filled and turned turtle and the Captain and two men disappeared. A boy, George Alexander, kept himself afloat on two oars. The mate, a Freswick man called George Sinclair, clung to the capsized boat keel for a time until he lost his grip. George Alexander drifted for an hour and a half on his oars until he came close enough to the lighthouse for one of the keepers to dive in and bring him ashore.
Later a Royal Humane Society bronze medal for saving life at sea went to Pentland Skerries Lighthouse Assistant Keeper, Donald Montgomery.
The Good Design was believed to be 49 years old at the time of her loss and 85 tons.
Later a Royal Humane Society bronze medal for saving life at sea went to Pentland Skerries Lighthouse Assistant Keeper, Donald Montgomery.
The Good Design was believed to be 49 years old at the time of her loss and 85 tons.