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 coveri

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 o

The history of the Lancashire Nobby.

With enormous enthusiasm for the language of ordinary northerners, this scenic portrait of coastal peoples combines history, etymology, and recollections to rec

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