Download or read book The Chatham Directory of Inshore Craft written by Basil Greenhill and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1997 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to list, define, describe and illustrate the coastal vessels which operated under sail and oar in the waters around the British Isles, roughly covering the dates 1820 to 1920 (p. 7).

Download or read book Inshore Craft written by Basil Greenhill and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished 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 survival of examples are given where known, while hundreds of line drawings and photographs show the vessels in their original forms.A team of twelve experts describe all these boat types and, in addition, there are introductions to the main geographic areas outlining the physical environments, fisheries and other uses of the sea that have influenced boat design; maps of all the areas show ports and physical features.At the beginning of the last century sail and oar dominated fisheries and local trade: one hundred years later those craft have all but vanished. This book brings alive for maritime historians and enthusiasts, traditional boat sailors, modelmakers, and all those with an interest in local history, the vast array of craft that were once such a significant feature of our inshore seas.Inshore Craft is a spectacular achievement—Wooden Boat Magazine

Download or read book The Lancashire Nobby written by Nick Miller and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Lancashire Nobby.

Download or read book Fishing and Folk written by Bill Griffiths and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With enormous enthusiasm for the language of ordinary northerners, this scenic portrait of coastal peoples combines history, etymology, and recollections to record a folk culture that strives to survive against current worldwide trends of uniformity. The examination delves deep into the boat and fishing traditions that shape this small angler community, including smuggling, the scenery, and the surrounding wildlife. The increasing threat that globalization poses to these sea populations makes this an important preservation - as well as an excellent source of factual information and reference material about those who live on the North Sea.

Download or read book The Perilous Catch written by Mike Smylie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries Britain's commercial fishermen have ventured out into the ravages of the surrounding seas to bring fish back both to supply a home market and for export around the world. Fishing is one of history's most dangerous jobs, and when disasters occur they can affect whole communities: in 1872 some 129 men were lost in one night alone. Fishermen have lost their lives because of extreme weather, fishing gear entanglement, lack of emergency support and often simply by falling overboard. Today, commercial fishing remains one of the most perilous occupations and still claims the lives of fishermen each year, leaving their families behind. The Perilous Catch is a well-researched, comprehensive and poignant history of the fishing industry written by maritime historian Mike Smylie.

Download or read book Pilot Cutters Under Sail written by Tom Cunliffe and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pilot cutters that operated around the coasts of northern Europe until the First World War were amongst the most seaworthy and beautiful craft of their size ever built, while the small number that have survived have inspired yacht designers, sailors and traditional craft enthusiasts over the last hundred years.??Even in their day they possessed a charisma unlike any other working craft; their speed and close-windedness, their strength and seaworthiness, fused together into a hull and rig of particular elegance, all to guide the mariner through the rough and tortuous waters of the European seaboard, bought them an enviable reputation.??This new book is both a tribute to and a minutely researched history of these remarkable vessels. The author, perhaps the most experienced sailor of the type, describes the ships themselves, their masters and crews, and the skills they needed for the competitive and dangerous work of pilotage. He explains the differences between the craft of disparate coasts Ð of the Scilly Isles and the Bristol Channel, of northern France, and the wild coastline of Norway Ð and weaves into the history of their development the stories of the men who sailed them.??Written to complement the recent histories of pilot schooners and open boat pilotage, edited and written by the author, this book will be an essential addition to the libraries of historians and enthusiasts of traditional boats.??As seen in the Wiltshire Times.

Download or read book The Cornish Fishing Industry written by John McWilliams and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining and Fishing have been the staple industries of Cornwall for two millennia. John McWilliams looks at the rise and decline of Cornish fishing in this new history.

Download or read book Fishing and Fishermen written by Martin Wilcox and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-19 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Wilcox's concise and informative guide to the fishing industry will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about its history or find out about the life a fisherman and his family. In a clear and accessible way he takes readers through the technical, economic and social aspects of the story. He gives a graphic account of the development of the British fisheries through the medieval period and into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The themes and issues that family and local historians will need to understand in order to pursue their research are a key part of the study. He introduces the reader to the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research and considers the many other resources that can yield fascinating information about the industry and those who worked in it.

Download or read book Material History Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Boats of the Somerset Levels written by Mike Smylie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flat-bottom craft boatbuilding in the Somerset Levels and Moors, rivers and coastal waters.

Download or read book Inshore Craft written by Basil Greenhill and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This now classic reference work describes more than 200 types of traditional working vessel, arranged by their geographical distribution, which once fished and traded around our coasts. Detailed descriptions of the types, along with stunning photographs and body and sails plans are supplied by a team of twelve experts. A wonderful evocation of traditional craft. 'A spectacular achievement..' - WoodenBoat Magazine

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Download or read book Inshore Craft of Great Britain in the Days of Sail and Oar written by Edgar J. March and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mariner s Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The American Neptune written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly journal of maritime history.