How to Build a Coracle

Posted by Minnesotastan in Everything Else, Video Clips on November 11, 2009 at 6:11 pm


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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.


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2 comments to "How to Build a Coracle"

  1. Xinavera
    November 11th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    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!

  2. pwscott
    November 11th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    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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