Seafield was built in 1946 in Banff, Scotland by Watts of Macduff boatbuilding company. She is built of larch planks on oak frames.
She was originally named 'Seafield' after a local Scottish Laird and was originally employed in the Scottish herring fishing industry and it's post-war development.
She was later converted to a prawn trawler and fished from both Scottish and North Eastern English ports.
She was sold out of fisheries in the late 80s and was purchased by a group of Bristol businessmen who converted her to a 'live aboard' private vessel. In 1989 she revisited Banff when the engine and gearbox were completely rebuilt.
She was later purchased by a Scottish couple from the West Coast with the intention of using her as a charter boat. She was renamed 'Kyle Rona'.
She was then sold to Mr Jack Brennan in January 1995 and was sailed to Whitby. She was renamed 'Mermaid' after the mermaids carved on two oak pillars in the main saloon. She underwent extensive modernization and work in order to comply with MCA requirements and operated as a charter fishing vessel out of Whitby until 2003. The engine, gear box and steering system were completely renewed in order to produce the most economically and easily operated vessel of her kind.
We bought Seafield in May 2003 and renamed her under her original name. In August 2003 we delivered her from Whitby to Fiumicino near Rome, Italy where we undertook work to make her into a more comfortable live-aboard boat for the three of us and the cat! Seafield has been based in Menorca since April 2004.

You can follow the refit and see pictures of Seafield in her original state by clicking on the buttons below.

She has also just been hauled out for her annual antifoul (July 2005) and thehull and waterline have been completely repainted. She now looks beautiful in her red coat...

Original state