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The Directory of Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles - Hardcover

Greenhill, Basil; Mannering, Julian

 
9781844157181: The Directory of Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles

Synopsis

This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft which once fish and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location and purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution. Details of dimensions, rig, building materials, seamanship and the survivial of examples are given where known, while hundreds of line drawings and photographs show the vessels in their original forms.

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'Inshore Craft is a spectacular achievement' - --Wooden Boat Magazine

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