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Description

This sailing fishing boat was used to catch pilchards, mackerel and herring off the coast of Devon and Cornwall.

History

Sunshine was kindly donated to the collection by Mr I. J. Constance of Bideford, Devon.

User Comments

Tony


May 7th, 2008, 10:08am

Hi

It is most likely that Sunshine was built in Appledore and most of them were built for fishing from the harbour of Clovelly the full name of the boat would be Clovelly Picarooner.
Looking at her condition I would take a guess at her build date being after 1920.
If you would like to register her in my Picarooner Boat register please visit
http://www.polperro.co.uk/crinkers_homepage.htm
and go to the boat register. It would be a pleasure to have her listed there with a couple of photos.
All the Best
Tony Nelson
Picarooner 'CRINKER'

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Boat Name

Sunshine

Boat Use

Fishing

Boat Type

Large Picarooner

Build Date

Unknown

Country of Origin

United Kingdom

Area of Origin

Unknown