Mount's Bay sail archive

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Smack & Mount's Bay lugger | Mount's Bay lugger | Mounts Bay mackerel driver | Lugger Close up
Newlyn Pilot Gig | Sennen Crabber | Vigilence - Brixham trawler

Trading Vessels
Irish Minstrel | Irish Minstrel Close up | Schooner Isabella | Snowflake off Penzance

A Typical Newlyn Style Mount's Bay Lugger
Common in the 19th century & in use up until the 1920's.

Around 50' in length they could carry a lot of sail and make very fast
passages either to distant grounds or back home to catch the market

Close up view on deck