Plymouth Hooker

The Plymouth Hooker is essentially an open boat with a fore deck back to the mast, a small aft deck and narrow side decks or waterways. The cockpit was divided into the fish hold where the catch was carried and the net hold where the long seine nets were carried with a wooden roller athwartships to feed the net in and out. It was not uncommon for the boats to have a couple of berths in the fore peak cabin.

The rig was deliberately low as it had to be handled by a small crew in all weathers and they would lie to the nets with mainsail set. However the sail area could be extended by setting a large topsail on a yard making these boats remarkably fast in races on high days and holidays.

Information courtesy of Wikipedia.

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