Gallery 2013
Beverley to Ferriby Winter Maintenance General
Gallery 2012
AGM Countryfile DLincs Goole folksail Hull Maritime Folk Festival Humber Flotilla Immingham 100 Leeds Festival Winter maintenance Throughout the year
Gallery 2011
4oth Anniversary Amy’s first trip drama Amy – maintenance More maintenance Comrade engine refurb Comrade sailing Sailing to South Ferriby Comrade winter maintenance Folksail Goole Robin Rescue
Gallery 2010
Back to Beverley Beverley Beck Chris Horan book signing Comrade trips Derigging Barge Pull Shanty weekend Sobriety Centenary Southcliffe Thorne Stepping mast South Ferriby
Building a Cogboat for Amy
In the autumn of 1991 Dave Robinson’s lawn became a boatbuilder’s yard. Cyril had started to build a cogboat, helped by Charlie and Peter. He made and set up an oak stempost, keel and transom (with removable shaping frames), upside down on the grass. A large stack of larch planks were delivered, Cyril made a […]
Cog Boats – Intro
All keels and sloops had a cog boat as a tender, it would have been impossible to work a sailing vessel on the Humber without one. Cog boats were used to run out the kedge anchor and warping line across a dock or canal, or to move crew about if the parent ship was at […]
Keels and Sloops in Winter
Amy Howson – Society History – 1990’s
1990 – New Foresail, Shanties and Race Revival During winter maintenance Charlie and Cyril had great difficulty unbolting the shuts to needle gun and wire brush the frames and floors. New cement was laid where it had crumbled during work to the outside of the hull and all the metalwork well painted. To avoid a struggle […]
Amy Howson – Society History – 1980’s
1980 – The York adventure and stepping the mast Leaving South Ferriby on the early flood at 0530, June 1, AMY HOWSON had commenced another busy season of Open Days, Charters and Fund-raising visits. She reached Torksey by 1100 and, taking her time on the Fossdyke Navigation, berthed at Lincoln at 1545 hours. Once again […]
