This video incorporates footage from 1935, in which Irish craftsmen build a coracle from willow and an ox hide, then use the craft to set their nets in the River Boyne. One has to admire the skill and experience required to propel a keel-less craft in a reasonably straight line. As the narrator notes, these river craft are related to the larger currachs that were capable of substantial ocean voyages.
Found at Scribal Terror.
Xinavera
Building a coracle is all well and good. What they need is a video on *paddling* the coracle. It's not as easy as it looks!
pwscott
Very fine craftmanship. Always a solution to a problem. I'd be willing to build one if I had more experience.
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