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Tha sgioba ÃŒlich a tha measail air pufairean a' strì gus seann tè mheirgeach [bho àm a' chogaidh], a' VIC 27, a shàbhaladh mus tuit i às a chèile. Air a toiseach tha an t-ainm Vital Spark - bhon àm a bha i ainmeil air sreath sgeulachdan 'Para Handy' a rinn am ´óÏó´«Ã½ ann an 1994.

Tha an t-seann ghoileadair ga thilleadh chun na companaidh ann an Anainn a rinn e, feuch an gabh a chàradh. 'S e buille chruaidh eile a th' ann do phròiseact a tha cho gann de dh'airgid, nuair a chluinneas iad nach gabh dad a dhèanamh leis.

'S iomadh duine a ghèilleadh aig an ìre seo - ach chan eil guth aig na balaich air tarraing às. Tha goileadair ùr guail ga thogail agus ga chuir na àite fhèin, ach am bi Auld Reekie na bàta-smùide aon uair eile.

A team of puffer enthusiasts from Islay battle to save the VIC 27 from the scrap heap. On her rusty bow she bears the name Vital Spark - a throwback to her glory days as star of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s 1994 series The Tales of Para Handy.

The boiler is sent to the original manufacturers in Annan with a view to its being restored, but the cash-strapped project suffers the latest in a series of setbacks when the boiler is deemed beyond repair.

While a less passionate team might admit defeat, the puffer's restorers fight on. Determined to secure the boat's future as a steam vessel, Auld Reekie's new coal-fired boiler is commissioned and installed.