Peggy BK7

Current boat name

Peggy BK7

Boat class

6939

Sail number

BK 7

Function

Fishing and Hunting

Type

Length (m / ft)

8.53 / 28ft

Beam (m / ft)

2.29 / 7ft 6in

Leeward

Keel - bilge

Masts

one

Rig type

dipping lug

Propulsion

Sail/engine

Designer

Harrison of Amble

Design date

1924

Date of build

1924

Place of build

Amble Northumberland

Present use

Sailing

Peggy, was built by the Harrison yard at Amble in 1924 “on spec” during a slack period. Unusually (for a coble) she was sold for pleasure use, the purchaser being Mr Hall of Beadnell in Northumberland. For this purpose Harrison’s fitted a cabin but it was not long before she lost her pleasure boat fittings, being sold on for fishing to Robert Rutter of Seahouses as a typical coble BK7 with engine and auxiliary sail. She later worked back at Beadnell, then at Amble where she became BH177 and renamed Glad Tidings: and then Sunderland. As a fishing coble she worked long lines, salmon nets and pots for crab and lobster. Upon leaving the fishing industry Peggy was used as a pleasure boat at Hartlepool, before being bought in poor condition by an NEMT enthusiast in 2007. A full restoration was completed in 2008 at the boatyard of Fred Crowell, whose premises are adjacent to North East Maritime Trust's workshop at South Shields. Now on the river Tyne and in good condition she is in the ownership of NEMT associate Northumberland Fishing Heritage Trust. GH Dec 2014