Monday, 28 August 2023

Clovelly Maritime Festival 2023

All smiles and a lot of Atlantic Spirit Gin, Crackington Cider and Rock Rum Down Along Clovelly Harbour for the maritime festival.

Live music, craft, food stalls with cream tea and cakes served by the ladies in the Lifeboat House. Well known author, Liz Shakespeare, whose books draw inspiration from the local history of the North Devon coast and countryside, was also book signing on the quay. Not forgetting Punch and Judy, Clovelly Soap, Devon Wildlife Trust, the RNLI and Coastguard teams. All credit to the stilt walkers "Higher Beings" traversing the bumpy cobbles on the Quay.

Spanning the generations. Bobbing boats and boatmen down below the Quay. Featuring Lugger Lilly, a new build to order by boatbuilder Chris Frisby, based on the lines of Bucks Ledge Lugger, Flying Foam, a small boat that once worked around the Bay in Bucks Mills.

Lugger Lilly in Clovelly Harbour. Photo copyright Pat Adams

Lugger Lilly in Clovelly Harbour. Photo copyright Pat Adams

Lugger Lilly in Clovelly Harbour. Photo copyright Pat Adams
Lugger Lilly with RNLI Boatman, Chris Braund, Chris Frisby and Stephen Perham in Clovelly Harbour. Photo copyright Pat Adams

Lily, was launched in May 2023, is planked in Sitka Spruce and Mahogany with #oak frames and fit out along with an Elm transom.  (www.cfrisbyboats.co.uk)

Watch the video, take a walk Down Along Clovelly to the shore


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Many thanks to Chris Braund for telling us all about the history of the old Bucks Ledge 
Shout out to the teams that respond to your shouts for help on the coast. 
Passing on their invaluable safety advice on the day with a smile.
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Lugger, Flying Foam & Lily. All photos copyright Pat Adams North Devon Focus
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