The coracle is a small, round boat made of wickerwork or laths covered with a waterproofed layer of animal skin or fabric used in Wales, Ireland, and parts of western England. I found this beautiful fragment somewhere: "In times gone by, people living on the many small islands of Scotland would carry food and comfort to their neighbors using a small boat, called a coracle. A coracle is a carrier of nurturing friendship". Very beautiful, but everything else I found about this boat, is based on … [Read more...]
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The Coble – A Fishing Boat
The coble is a type of open fishing boat used mostly on the North East coast of England. The southern examples occur up around Hull; the type extends to Burnmouth, across the Scottish border. Coble has a distinctive shape — flat-bottomed and high-bowed. It is built like taht to cope with the particular conditions in this area. Flat bottoms allowed launching from and landing upon shallow, sandy beaches, which is an advantage in this part of the coast where the wide bays and inlets provided … [Read more...]
Center Console Boat Definition
Center console is a type of single-decked open hull boat where the console of the boat is in the center of the boat. There is a cabin on some models, these cabins are usually located in the bow and hold small berths for sleeping. The boat deck surrounds the console so that a person can walk all around the boat from stern to bow with ease. They seem to be destined to speed fishing. [source] The console of a boat is where all the controls are located, including steering, ignition, trim … [Read more...]
Car Float – Definition
A railroad car float or rail barge is an unpowered barge with rail tracks mounted on its deck. It is used to move railroad cars across water obstacles, or to locations they could not otherwise go, and is towed by a tugboat or pushed by a towboat. As such, the car float is a specialized form of the lighter, as opposed to a train ferry, which is self-powered. [source] The only remaining car float service currently in operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey is operated by New … [Read more...]
Cape Islander – Definition
A Cape Island style fishing boat is an inshore motor fishing boat found across Atlantic Canada having a single keeled flat bottom at the stern and more rounded towards the bow. A Cape Island style boat is famous for its large step up to the bow. -cf. Wikipedia There is a dispute about who invented the design, but that's not very important. I found a builder named McGray. McGray Boatbuilders Ltd. was established in 1986, after 30 years of experience in construction. It is a small, family … [Read more...]
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