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Harwich bawley
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Shallow draft, wide beam, cutter rigged fishing vessel used primarily for shrimping in the Thames and Medway estuaries until the early 20th century. Its rig differed from that of the "smacks" because it lacked a boom on the mainsail, so it could be easily furled when working with trawls. The hull featured a sharp water inlet that quickly widened to a fairly wide beam at mast height, and thanks to the powerful hull sections, the bawley could spread her large sails even in a fairly strong breeze.
The name bawley probably derives from the onboard stove with cauldron used to 'bawl' (Essex slang for “boil”) shrimp immediately after they were caught.
The bawleys left each morning for the sea and returned in time to put their catch on the afternoon freight train that carried it to the markets. To do this, they were equipped with a winch and a strong manual windlass that made it possible to unload the catch on land anywhere in the port.
Length: 11.60 m.
Beam: 4.0 m.
Draft: 1.50 m.
Mast height from deck: 15.20 m.
The name bawley probably derives from the onboard stove with cauldron used to 'bawl' (Essex slang for “boil”) shrimp immediately after they were caught.
The bawleys left each morning for the sea and returned in time to put their catch on the afternoon freight train that carried it to the markets. To do this, they were equipped with a winch and a strong manual windlass that made it possible to unload the catch on land anywhere in the port.
Length: 11.60 m.
Beam: 4.0 m.
Draft: 1.50 m.
Mast height from deck: 15.20 m.
Hi Javier
An example of how people did what they needed and how they tried to make their probably difficult life easier. Now it is a luxury to have a boat, in the past the boat was the breadwinner of the family, there is still that, but much less.
A very beautiful and interesting boat with an equally interesting explanation.
Good luck in your future work.
An example of how people did what they needed and how they tried to make their probably difficult life easier. Now it is a luxury to have a boat, in the past the boat was the breadwinner of the family, there is still that, but much less.
A very beautiful and interesting boat with an equally interesting explanation.
Good luck in your future work.
I visited your website, very nice, very interesting models, the colors are great. I also looked at the construction step by step. Every now and then I make a boat like that, but still a little bigger than you.
respect and regards
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Thank you very much for your kind comments. I really like fishing and work boats, and the proof is that in my collection, which now includes 97 miniatures, there is not a single cannon on board...
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Absolutely lovely with great detail at this small scale.
Wow!!! That is absolutely beautiful.
Bill
Bill
Enjoy looking at the completed builds and yours is beautiful
Fantastic just like the others you do. You certainly have a huge collection growing.
As Javier once mentione - his collection is not sooooo big "only" 93 models - and this was in October last year
“Culé” or “barca d’água acima”
The culé was a river boat that sailed from Rossio ao Sul do Tejo, in the middle course of the Portuguese Tagus, to the Lisbon estuary, transporting various cargoes and local and regional products. Its flat bottom, with “L” frames, stands out, with the reinforcement of a strip in the meeting...
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Thank you very much for the comments.
Uwe, right now my collection reaches 93 models, and although I don't have a single joint photo of all of them, I put several in which all of them appear together.