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A wherry is a working sailing vessel, designed for use on the [[Norfolk Broads]]. (The name wherry is also applied to a type of rowing vessel on the Thames).
 
A wherry is a working sailing vessel, designed for use on the [[Norfolk Broads]]. (The name wherry is also applied to a type of rowing vessel on the Thames).
   
In [[PD|Peter Duck]] [[Peter Duck]] has a wherry, the ''[[Arrow of Norwich]]'' ([[PD|PD1]]).
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In [[PD|Peter Duck]] [[Peter Duck]] has a wherry, the ''[[Arrow of Norwich]]'', which he sails between Norwich and Lowestoft ([[PD|PD1,6]]).
   
 
In [[Coot Club]] and [[The Big Six]], the wherry ''[[Sir Garnet]]'' is captained by [[Jim Wooddall]].
 
In [[Coot Club]] and [[The Big Six]], the wherry ''[[Sir Garnet]]'' is captained by [[Jim Wooddall]].

Revision as of 12:06, 16 April 2013

A wherry is a working sailing vessel, designed for use on the Norfolk Broads. (The name wherry is also applied to a type of rowing vessel on the Thames).

In Peter Duck Peter Duck has a wherry, the Arrow of Norwich, which he sails between Norwich and Lowestoft (PD1,6).

In Coot Club and The Big Six, the wherry Sir Garnet is captained by Jim Wooddall.

Harry Bangate the old eelman recalls the hundreds of wherries there used to be (he had been a wherryman himself in his youth} (BS3).

There are few wherries left on the Broads today, generally used as pleasure craft. These include Albion and White Moth. Albion was the boat used for the Sir Garnet in the BBC adaptation of Coot Club and The Big Six, Swallows and Amazons Forever.

There are a few different types of wherry. Albion is a traditional trading wherry, whereas White Moth is a wherry yacht, designed as a luxury pleasure craft. But they have in common: a long thin hull and one big, gaff-rigged sail (traditionally black from being treated with tar).

See also Norfolk wherry.