overdraft Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 A friend of mind who is not yet a club member but soon will be, has the following for sale, Salterns design 22ft Poole Canoe, with self draining flush deck,40hp Mariner still with some warranty fully fitted out with nav lights built in fuel housing and storage lockers, 18 months old, but has only been used this summer, immaculate condtion throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Please excuse my ignorance.....what is a poole canoe?? Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Have a look in last months BFM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Please excuse my ignorance.....what is a poole canoe?? Rich Poole Canoe........ An interestig history actualy. Begining in the 16th Cent' Poole built up a strong North Atlantic cod fishing fleet. these boats would cross the Atlantic to catch the cod fish on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The method used was 'short' lining from small boats sent out from the mother ship. These small boats were propelled by oars not sail and carried a crew of two, one to row and the other to set the line, recover, rebait and set again. the whole process being continuous untill the small craft was full of fish. It would then return to the mother ship and be hoisted up, tipped over to empty it and returned to sea to start again. The main basis of the design of these small cod boats were that they were simple to make from flat sawn planks, that they should 'stack' well together one inside the other up to 10 to 15 high, and that they should be easy to handle in every way. Thus the flat sided, single hard chine boat with only a slight bottom rocker at the bow was evolved. Interestingly the other place in the world that our Poole canoes distinctive shape can be seen is in and around the rocky shore and ports of Newfoundland. Mad Mike (look at Life 38590075933098128) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdraft Posted August 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Thanks for that Mike!!! : pages 74 -75 Rich: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swainiac Posted August 24, 2005 Report Share Posted August 24, 2005 Lol......a picture paints a thousand words...or so! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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