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2. Galway hooker - Wikipedia

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   Galway hooker. The Galway hooker ( Irish: húicéir) is a traditional fishing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. The hooker was developed for the strong seas there. It is identified by its sharp, clean entry, bluff bow, marked tumblehome and raked transom. Its sail plan consists of a single mast with a main sail and two ...

3. List of schooners - Wikipedia

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   Fictional schooners[edit] Dragon, in Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers, The High Seas Trilogy. Ebba, Ker Karraje's pirate schooner in Jules Verne 's Facing the Flag. Ghost, seal-hunting schooner in Jack London 's The Sea-Wolf. Hispaniola, a schooner in Robert Louis Stevenson 's Treasure Island.

4. Currach - Wikipedia

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   Currach on the shore in Inishbofin, Galway. A number of wooden boats in a tidal harbour near Carna, Galway. A currach ( Irish: curach [ˈkʊɾˠəx]) is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual. It is sometimes anglicised as "curragh".

5. List of RNLI stations - Wikipedia

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   Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI 's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways. The service was established in 1824 and is operated largely by volunteers. Its headquarters are at Poole, Dorset and it is a ...

6. Traditional fishing boat - Wikipedia

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   Traditional fishing boats are usually characteristic of the stretch of coast along which they operate. They evolve over time to meet the local conditions, such as the materials available locally for boat building, the type of sea conditions the boats will encounter, and the demands of the local fisheries . These fishing boats in Gambia conform ...

7. List of ports in Ireland - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of seaports around the coast of the island of Ireland, including those found in Northern Ireland. List by coast East coast. Rosslare; Arklow;