Whitby Fishing Boats

[tonywar]

I was not looking for a traditional wooden boat, until today when I saw a beautiful Whitby Fishing Boat, which had been rigged as a gaff cutter.

I was wondering is the Whitby Fishing Boat, a class of boat or is this a wooden boat that just happened to used in Whitby. It was built in 1950.

Also is anybody aware of a surveyor who covers the South Yorks area with a knowledge of wooden boats.

Ta very much.

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[jimd]

Whitby is well known for its Cobles,the same type have been used for generations all along the northeast coast. They were originally used for launching / recovering from the open beach. this is probably the type you mean. Im afraid i cant halp you with surveyor.

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[Peterduck]

It may not be a coble, which has a deep forefoot, and a transom where the planking has a pronounced tumblehome. There are also the double-enders, which seem to have largely displaced the cobles as the preferred fishing boats. These certainly look to be enormously seaworthy. The best place top see then that I found while there was the beck at Staithes, just north of Whitby.
Peter.

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[PBrooks]

There was also a shipyard in Whitby - the Whitehall Shipyard, if I remember correctly - which produced both a 21ft and a 25ft Whitby fishing boat style motorsailor, called a Luke Fox. (I'm not sure whether they were working in the 50's though). Heavy construction and good seaboat, gaff rigged with a two berth cabin and large cockpit. V pronounced flair in the bow, beamy with twin keels and clinker construction. If it's one of these, I can let you have more details of what to look for (my father has had one since new).

Best regards
Paul Brooks

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[tonywar]

Thanks for your input everybody, unfortunatly when I went to buy the boat someone had beat me to it. It was sold for £750, a bargain I think.

The lesson is, be more spontaneous.

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