If Dougie was here....

...he would tell you himself that this is not the "original" Vital Spark, as there was no "original", the stories being fiction ! But that does not diminish either the genius of Neil Munro, or the interest that exists in this, the last seagoing Vic Class Clyde puffer, originally called the "Eilean Eisdeal" and now part of the Inveraray Maritime Experience. And if you have never heard of Para Handy , the Vital Spark or Neil Munro, then you have much fun ahead of you - start here !