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Curlew, the Falmouth Quay Punt in which Tim and Pauline Carr sailed to the Antarctic Britannia rowboat, in which John Fairfax rowed across the Atlantic in 1969 Wanderer-W48 , a Wayfarer (dinghy) , in which Frank Dye sailed to Iceland and to Norway from Scotland (surviving four capsizes and a broken mast during a Force 9 storm) [Ref-7].
The Falmouth Quay Punt was a type of working sailing vessel in the port of Falmouth, Cornwall in the 19th and early 20th century. They would be hired by merchant ships anchored in Carrick Roads – to carry stores, mail and passengers.
The River Fal is crossed by the King Harry Ferry, a vehicular chain ferry that links the villages of Feock and Philleigh approximately equidistant between Truro and Falmouth. The river flows through the Carrick Roads, a large ria that creates a natural harbour. Here, pedestrian ferries connect Falmouth with St Mawes. [8]
Falmouth (/ ˈ f æ l m ə θ / FAL-məth; Cornish : Aberfala [2]) is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [3] Falmouth was founded in 1613 by the Killigrew family on a site near the existing Pendennis Castle.
Falmouth Docks are a deep-water docks of the town of Falmouth in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The docks are the southern shore of the Fal Estuary which is the third largest natural harbour in the world and the deepest in Europe. They extend over 30 hectares (74 acres) and covers a range of services to shipping such as repair, refuelling ...
Falmouth Bay (Cornish: Baya Aberfala) is a body of water off the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, with Rosemullion Head and Pendennis Point as its extremities. It separates the estuaries of Helford River ( Helford ) and River Fal (also known as Carrick Roads , with the harbours of Falmouth and St Mawes ).
The Royal Cornwall Museum. This list of museums in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
Falmouth Quay, where the first recovered bodies were brought on 4 August 1966. On 4 August, the first victims from Darlwyne were discovered in the sea about four miles east of Dodman Point. The bodies were of Albert Russell, his wife Margaret, and two teenage girls: Susan Tassell and Amanda Hicks.