Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles By Basil Greenh

Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles - 9781848321670\nClean copy with only light general wear. Binding sound, pages unmarked.\nDespatched from UK within three working days.\n-- We package orders as we would like to receive them --\n\n---\nThis 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 ;