The Cavan Town Men’s Shed and Lough Erne Heritage have built a pair of traditional cots and recreated a famous race. Cots used to be a regular form of transport in the Lakeland area of County Fermanagh.
My thanks to Malcolm Woods for the tip!
Category: wooden boat
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Don’t forget Bridlington’s Coblefest this weekend!
Don’t forget Bridlington’s Coblefest this weekend – the 13-14th August!
The Harbour Heritage Museum will be the headquarters for the festival and the boats due to be there are: Grace, Two Brothers, Morning Harvest, Madelene Isabella, Imperialist, Free Spirit, Mavis, Granby, Christina, Three Brothers, Gratitude and Misnomer.
Meanwhile, here are a few pics of sailing cobles in action to whet your interest… What fine looking boats they are.
For an earlier post about this event, click here.