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The Essex Smack
Malcolm 'Mac' MacGregor on the Essex Smack, boats he built and fished with under sail.
The Coble
Poet Katrina Porteous on the coble, the beach-launched working boat of the northeast coast
Shetland Whillies, Yoals and Sixerns
Brian Wishart in Lerwick on Shetland's traditional boats, still influenced by the Vikings.
The Curach
The poet Keith Payne on the curach, the ancient, but still used, Irish skin boat.
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Pilot Gig
Annamaria Murphy on the gig, which rowed out to approaching ships to get pilots aboard.
