Grace

Current boat name

Grace

Boat class

7649

Function

Fishing and Hunting

Type

Length (m / ft)

4.64 / 15ft 3in

Beam (m / ft)

1.59 / 5ft 3in

Propulsion

Oar

Date of build

1914c

Place of build

Cobholm, Great Yarmouth

Present use

Museum/T&T

Yarmouth beach skiff believed to have been built by the Wright brothers of Cobholm c1914 and bought for the museum by the Friends in 1986 A typical Beach Skiff that worked off the beaches in the Yarmouth area. 'Beachmen' caught 'October herring' that swam close to the shore. These herring were small and fat which made them ideal for cooking as Yarmouth Bloaters. Beach boats would carry between 10 and 20 30m nets and a goocatch would be 1500herring GH Nov 2010