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A more modern (1986) river boat in the museum.
A more modern (1986) river boat in the museum.
Left
Museum boat Number 7 in the 1960s, as found and after restoration.
Museum boat Number 7 in the 1960s, as found and after restoration.
Typically 18 to 20 feet long, no keel, double ended, the ‘standard’ flatner was used in the rivers and inshore waters for a variety of fishing jobs.
The boat which was borrowed in 1996, as restored by Harold Kimber in 1966 and sailing in Bristol in 1996.
Flatner sailing off Burnham in the very early 1900s.
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Fully kitted out River Parrett salmon boat seen in Bridgwater
Fully kitted out River Parrett salmon boat seen in Bridgwater