A Close Look At A Bodgers Coracle (Basket Boat)
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- Taking a close look at a coracle, and how it has been constructed from split greenwood, and then covered with calico and eco friendly bitumen. The key feature to note is that the coracle has a fairly flat bottom.
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Each time I see a coracle I am reminded of an observation that a friend of mine made. It is along the lines that a person who is comfortable "driving" a coracle would not find intercourse while standing in a hammock too much of a challenge. All the best.
You introduced me to the concept of a Coracle in a previous video. I am looking forward to seeing your build and also to seeing it in action. Thank you so much for sharing your videos with is. I really appreciate what you do.
Hi Harry, Look up a video, titled Six step coracle for novices. Made in Meitheal Mara, Cork City, Ireland. The coracle is made of hazel rods and has a willow weave for a gunnel. Well worth looking up as it is a traditional Irish craft. Best of luck. Regards Brendan
Thanks very much Brendan.
YAY!!! Can't wait to see your coracle building series Harry.
It looks like the flat base has been achieved with the help of the seat supports, looking forward to seeing you build one Harry.
Looks like you're going to be busy processing ash timbers ! As you know only too well, one river with coracles is the Severn where is passes through Shropshire. Back in the 1950s there were a good number. Despite the very high current, it was teeming with fish - for instance eels which could be caught from a coracle, then taken to land and put out to dry on a stone wall ! At least that's what my neighbour did at Hampton Loade, south of Bridgnorth ! ISTR that after a session on the river, the coracles had to be inverted to drain the water out ! Anyway, like other commenters here, I wish you well with your coracle building and filming it for us !
Thanks Phil...that's interesting.
Thanks Harry.
Cant wait to see you attempt one of these..
Better you than me in one of them. I wait to see it being built and tested with you testing it. :-))
Haha...yes I will need a life jacket and rope!
I believe that I'd rather have a skin on frame built in the "punt" fashion than a round coracle. The little round fellow looks as though it would be hard to track a straight line. I've made boats of tractor tire inner tubes and cotton canvas. Just spun in circles on the pond. Great fun for a young lad.
Excellent. Now I know the origin of the buffalo boat mentioned in the Lewis and Clark diary. They used the hide of the buffalo as the skin but I wondered about the structure.
I’m sure it had to be ADH as that is a very commonly used wood in basket making among northern tribes in USA.
Have you ever seen how they process the ash into workable strips in those old days?
They did it by beating the logs and peeling the layers off.
Of course the buffalo hide had to be “rawhide”
We did wonder about a rawhide, and a curator in our group has made one with it, recreating the originals. Thanks very much for your comment. Rgds Harry
Harry Rogers that’s great. If you get a chance to read about these buffalo boats in the Lewis and Clark journal you will see that they had a difficult time paddling because they used poles instead of the paddle your guys had.
Looking forward to your build videos
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Bitumen? Lets see... is this TAR?I really like your videos. The one about how to benefit one's you tube channel was one to keep!
have a look of those leather boats lewis and clarke used its called a bull boat, maybe have ago at making one with cow skin?
Fantastic.. I've always wanted to make one, so will you be making one yourself? Or as a group bodger project?
It's going to be a group project!
Strangest and smallest boat I've ever seen. I cannot imagine what it's purpose is. I guess I was also under a great misconception about boats, I thought a deep "V" shaped hull gave it more stability.
Coracles go back hundreds of years. They were used by the Welsh and Irish for fishing and rowed in an opposed many to the rowing boat as the oars are moved in the opposite direction. Not as stable as V shaped hull no, but stable enough and around long before the V hull was even thought of.
Europe, Asia and Africa all have a long history of boats like these.
Harry you rascal, you are always doing something cool, but you need two people in those things otherwise y'all will just go around in circles.
No! it's the paddling technique that goes round in a figure of eight and the coracle sort of goes straight ... ish.