Boadicea CK 213

In telling the story of the east coast fi shing smacks, and of his own Boadicea CK213 in particular, Michael Frost combines an accurate record of sailing techniques with a sensitive description of the people he was among in the Mersea area, and of the period, between the wars, when sailing barges still plied the ?London River? and the oystermen still practised an age-old craft. The boats and the men were unpretentious. They did not know that they were the last of their line and that, as working boats, their craft would soon be extinct. The author conveys, with vividness and simplicity, a way of living now lost for ever. PB 216pp

Publisher: Seafarer Books
ISBN: 9780207955327