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Registration number
2152
Status
Archived
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Details
Function
Fishing Vessel
Subfunction
Dredger
Location
Arcachon Bay
Vessel type
Essex Smack
Archive reason
Overseas Watch List
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Built in
1842
Rig
Gaff Cutter
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Sail
Primary engine type
None
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00 feet
(3.05m)
Length: Overall
36.50 feet
(11.13m)
Tonnage: Gross
7.50
History
Little is known about FLY's history, although she is believed to have been built in 1842. Her builder is unknown, but she has been a fishing boat all her life, working out of Maldon since the 1930s when she was owned by the Pitt family. She is thought to have been used by the water police at one time to patrol the oyster grounds. Re-built in the early 1980s, FLY is still sailing and remains in good all-round condition cruising French west coasts, between North Spain and French Brittany.
We are lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.
Key dates
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1842
Built by an unknown builder in possibly Ipswich or Maldon as a Fishing Smack
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1930
Bought by the Pitt family and used to fish out of Maldon
-
1980
Rebuilt in Maldon
-
2016
Vessel is in Brightlingsea, Essex in sailing condition
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