Day In A Life On Frazier's Slip

Love the series Julian. Those who continue the craftsmanship of wooden boat repair are a always a wonderful group to observe and engage in conversation with. Excellent work.
 
Pete Askew said:
Wonderful piece of reportage Julian. Great shots and the story is there too. I especially like the one with Terry and the chair.
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Thank you Pete. It is nice to see a hive of activity here once again. There has been a traditional boat builders yard here since I was born, which then was Arthur Frazier, and taken over and a slight shift in location, run by John Moor originally from Cadgwith on the Lizard.
Fishing over my life time has certainly had its downs, yet today many youngsters from the village have purchased decent size vessels and are making a go at it.
The saying goes, if you find a chair Terry will be sitting on it ;)
 
Glenn Clabo said:
Love the series Julian. Those who continue the craftsmanship of wooden boat repair are a always a wonderful group to observe and engage in conversation with. Excellent work.
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Thanks Glenn. It is a community where you can go onto the harbour and will always see and chat to people you know. There are also a few people around who are retired , who freely help out . Yesterday a guy needed to turn a small boat up onto its side in the harbour to scrap the weed off the underside of the hull, immediately without a word a few others came over and they all helped with something that alone you cannot do. That is not to say there are not the odd family feuds, or arguments, or more , especially after a day at the quay side bar drinking IPA
 
Wonderful Day in the Life set, Julian. The one of the fellow having a go at the hull with his mallet and chisel is superb. That wee bit of blur in the mallet is excellent, and but for the saw (and the fellow's clothing) this could have been 150 years ago. Excellent all round!
 
Brian Moore said:
Wonderful Day in the Life set, Julian. The one of the fellow having a go at the hull with his mallet and chisel is superb. That wee bit of blur in the mallet is excellent, and but for the saw (and the fellow's clothing) this could have been 150 years ago. Excellent all round!
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Thanks Brian. That is Peter Moor, who only allows me to photograph him when he's had a hair cut . The boat had four planks which were full of worm and needed replacing. The area is where the anchors pulled up for the net ends smash into the side of the boat, revelling bare wood , which allows the worms to have access. He'll replace the planks and put a outer layer of planks which can be sacrificial .
Someone asked about his father and the different tools used, then and today. I have watched Peter and John using hand adze to whittle down planks to fit on new boat builds. It is quite a skill to have.
looking at this boat I got curious to how many tree's it would take to build. Peter said , ''depends on the size of the tree'' :rolleyes:
one tree would be sufficient, but they buy a tree prior to it being sawn and planked , so they have to get that right before any building takes place.
 
Julian de'Courcy said:
Thanks Brian. That is Peter Moor, who only allows me to photograph him when he's had a hair cut . The boat had four planks which were full of worm and needed replacing. The area is where the anchors pulled up for the net ends smash into the side of the boat, revelling bare wood , which allows the worms to have access. He'll replace the planks and put a outer layer of planks which can be sacrificial .
Someone asked about his father and the different tools used, then and today. I have watched Peter and John using hand adze to whittle down planks to fit on new boat builds. It is quite a skill to have.
looking at this boat I got curious to how many tree's it would take to build. Peter said , ''depends on the size of the tree'' :rolleyes:
one tree would be sufficient, but they buy a tree prior to it being sawn and planked , so they have to get that right before any building takes place.
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Very interesting, Julian. I can only imagine the skills involved in using traditional hand tools such as the adze. Fascinating stuff so it is.
 
I can only echo all the above comments. I really enjoy your fishing community shots, and can't help but think this will be a great archive in fifty years time, and longer. You should bequeath them all to the local library, Julian. This community will inevitably disappear, but your shots should last longer. Great work.
 
Rob MacKillop said:
I can only echo all the above comments. I really enjoy your fishing community shots, and can't help but think this will be a great archive in fifty years time, and longer. You should bequeath them all to the local library, Julian. This community will inevitably disappear, but your shots should last longer. Great work.
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Thanks Rob. I will print a few sometime and offer them to the local museum, I do have some there already from many moons ago. Who knows, it would be ok even if they put them in a drawer :p.
 
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