The Winklebrig Forum

Martin_cartwright
Username: Martin_cartwright

Registered: 04-2008
   
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 09:51 am:      
Good to hear from you Alison. I assume you are related to Eric? If so I am slightly worried by your last sentence. Is Eric still with us?

Alison_bergqvist
Username: Alison_bergqvist

Registered: 06-2012
   
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012 - 08:58 pm:      
I have just registered to use the Winkle Brig forum and am itching to use it to chat with all you boaty people. Although it was the wonderful photo of the herring drifter that caught my eye I also wanted to confirm that the design of the Winkle Brig did indeed owe much to the heritage of traditional working boats. Eric's philosophy was always to keep things simple, sturdy and straightforward, and he avoided all unnecessary fripperies and fiddly bits that had no good purpose. The more basic the technology the less likely things were to go wrong and the easier they would be to fix if they did. That doesn't mean to say that the look of the boat didn't matter – it absolutely did but I'm sure I don't need to preach to the converted! I also wanted to say that I have often wondered how many Winkle Brig fans have the sea in their blood as does Martin. My great and great-great grandfathers were Pill Bristol Channel Pilots. Sadly I am the only family member left with a passion for boats – hence my ramblings to you all herewith.

Martin_cartwright
Username: Martin_cartwright

Registered: 04-2008
   
Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 07:09 pm:      
Excellent!

Roger Parish
Username: Roger_parish

Registered: 03-2007
   
Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 01:19 pm:      
Now we know where you got your ideas from! There is a close resemblance even down to the fidded topmast. How about this one?

Martin_cartwright
Username: Martin_cartwright

Registered: 04-2008
   
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 08:06 am:      
I have always felt that the design of the Winklebrig owed more to the working boat heritage than that of leisure craft, so I was delighted to come across this picture of one of my great grandfather's herring drifters which fished out of Lowestoft in the 1860's. Is it just my fantasy or can anyone else spot the similarities with the second picture?

Pam Freeman
Username: Pam_freeman

Registered: 05-2011
   
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 03:54 pm:      
Thanks so much, gentlemen, your comments and suggestions being well noted. I take your points Martin and Julian and, being totally silly, I think I'll go for the compromise, being all housewifey and making the bags and thus try a season with them and then see where we go from there! If I end up finding they prove a bally nuisance or just not used, then I'll make sure any fixing holes are well-plugged and water-proofed. If I'm honest, I think all this is just because I can't get the darn WB out of my mind and "playing with boats" is just wonderful!
Thanks again - and all best wishes,
Pam

Julian Swindell
Username: Julian_swindell

Registered: 03-2007
   
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 - 01:00 pm:      
I have tried bags of various sorts and in the end decided just to coil and hang the halyard against the Bulkhead. I think it looks appropriately boaty, and when you just want to lounge back against the bulkhead, you can push them up on the cabin roof where they are out of the way.

Julian Swindell
Username: Julian_swindell

Registered: 03-2007
   
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 - 01:00 pm:      
I have tried bags of various sorts and in the end decided just to coil and hang the halyard against the Bulkhead. I think it looks appropriately boaty, and when you just want to lounge back against the bulkhead, you can push them up on the cabin roof where they are out of the way.

George Billington
Username: George_billington

Registered: 12-2009
   
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 05:42 pm:      
I've used them on another boat, and as Martin suggests, bolted onto a short wooden batten, at the top, inside of the bag, then through the cabin wall and use large ss washers under the nuts. Also a good idea to put some mastic on the outside, just to make sure that water can't get in. I prefer Plumbers Mait, non setting, a bit messy sometimes but works well. Also if making bags, have a wire frome at the top to keep the bag open.

Martin_cartwright
Username: Martin_cartwright

Registered: 04-2008
   
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 08:22 am:      
I don't bother with them myself as I prefer to chuck the rope down into the cabin when I am sailing. In this way it is less likely to become tangled. Howevr, if I did fit them, I think I would simply use a couple of small bolts through the grp coachroof 'wall'.

Pam Freeman
Username: Pam_freeman

Registered: 05-2011
   
Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 10:55 am:      
I've given myself a good Autumn/Winter sewing job in that I'm make a pair of canvas halyard bags for Mudlark. I see that quite a few of you have them on your WBs.
May I ask, please, how you've fixed them to the grp of the cabin? I wondered whether to use Velcro, gluing it to the cabin etc - or would it be better to have a thin wooden batten to attach each one to, having said batten "screwed" to the grp...? Answers on a postcard to....
Many thanks

Adrian Evans
Username: Adrian_evans

Registered: 03-2007
   
Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2011 - 07:25 pm:      
Winkle brig is a broadly used term for historic working boats particularly on the east coast I think. There may well be a tighter definition, but if you google image search 'historic winkle brig' you get quite a range.

David_owens
Username: David_owens

Registered: 04-2010
   
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 09:20 pm:      
Has anyone read 'Ode to Joy: a Winklebrig's Tale' by Charles and Janet Harker? It is available on Amazon for just under £12:00 but without a synopsis or pic, though Wivenhoe books describes it thus:
'Joy is a remarkable little boat who tells her own story, from humble beginnings working as a barge boat on the Thames Estuary, to a workhorse in the oyster trade. In her long and joyful retirement she is re-born as a winklebrig and sails her home waters of the River Blackwater, the Scottish waters of the Solway Firth, the Cornish River Fal, venturing abroad to Brittany and then finally, the Norfolk Broads.'
Is Joy reborn a Winklebrig as we know her?

Neville Holmes
Username: Neville_holmes

Registered: 10-2012
   
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 04:37 pm:      
I can't find the 'Resources Section'. I assume it is long sold.

George Billington
Username: George_billington

Registered: 12-2009
   
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 03:10 pm:      
Greetings to interested parties. Because of recent medical advice, I'm reluctantly putting Mortimer up for sale. A brief description and my contact details are in the Resources Section, under Boats for Sale