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Filey fishermen prepare to sail
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The traditional fishing boat of the Yorkshire coast is a Coble. These are designed to be launched and landed bow first on the beach. They are clinker built - a method in which each strake or plank overlaps the next to provide maximum strength with minimum weight. They have a shallow, flat bottomed aft section and a flat, raked stern which assists waves in either lifting it off or drifting it up onto the shore. The deep bow steadies the boat and prevents it swinging round in the breakers.
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