Item  #  Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes 14"

• Fully assembled model fishing boat - NOT a Kit - Display ready.
• Overall dimensions: 14" long x 4" wide x 12" high 2 Lbs.
• Handcrafted wooden model fishing boat.
• Amazing details accurate to those on an actual fishing boat such as rubber tires and deck details.
• Painted dark red, red, black and white with green accents.
• This wooden fishing boat model is attached to a sturdy wooden base.

The type of open fishing boat known as a coble developed on the North East coast of England. The southern-most examples occur around Hull (although Cooke drew examples at Yarmouth, see his Shipping and Craft series of drawings of 1829); the type extends to Berwick-upon-Tweed on the Scottish border.
The distinctive shape of the boat — flat-bottomed and high-bowed — arose to cope with the particular conditions prevalent in this area. Flat bottoms allowed launching from and landing upon shallow, sandy beaches; an advantage in this part of the coast where the wide bays and inlets provided little shelter from stormy weather. However, fishermen required high bows to sail in the dangerous North Sea and in particular to launch into the surf and to land on the beaches. The design contains relics of Norse influence, though in the main it shows Dutch origin.