Leader: A Brixham Gaff Rigged Ketch - Paperback

by Morten Williams (Author)

Leader is a fantastic and rare surviving example of a Brixham gaff rigged ketch fishing vessel, which built by A W Gibbs's Galmpton Creek boat yard which was on the River Dart in Devon, UK. Leader was built in 1892 for William Robbens for 1,100. In Leader's later years, she was still used for fishing (in Scandinavian waters) between 1907 and 1927. This book contains a one-page biography of the historic sailing vessel Leader with a Leader logbook stamp, also included are photographs from on deck, below deck and whilst under sail. Photography taken during sailing this wonderful vessel.