A giant thank you to all who contribute to this site and a very Happy Holiday Season! I am one of the "lurkers" who has followed this site for over a decade even though I have not been active in genealogy. The knowledge and support this site and its subscribers offer is exceptional. It is my intention to take up researching again so let me begin with two questions that have plagued me for awhile. My relatives were mariners from Ulverston. John Pernie was a captain of a " gailot" while James Pernie captained a ship "rigged square". I know that a gailot is a flat bottomed boat. Some reports describe it as similar to a barge while others say after 1830 it could be like a schooner. What type would have sailed from Ulverston to Liverpool hauling pig iron and coal? Can anyone direct me to or forward pictures of what these ships from Ulverston might have looked like? Noreen

Try looking up Mersey Flats for one - while the Mersey Flats per se were built for riverine traffic, there were variants built for coastal traffic. "Flat" refers to the flat-bottom of the boat, for grounding on coastal beaches, etc. According to p50/51 of "Mersey Flats and Flatmen", the late 18th and early 19th century galliot was a "ketch rig with the addition of a square topsail on the main mast, very similar to the east coast billy boys." (No, me neither, I'm just quoting!) The author suspects that the hull was similar to a Flat even if the rig wasn't. On p22, galliots and galliot flats are described as twin masted, flat-bottomed topsail schooners - also referred to as Barrow flats - possibly derived from the Mersey Flats. Schooner refers to the rig - forget all the glamorous images of topsail schooners by a tropical island. I suspect that http://mightyseas.perso.sfr.fr/marhist/furness/ashburners/result.htm may show something of the beast, though the text suggests this was a touch more graceful than usual. Adrian On 20 December 2015 at 21:42, N NASH via <[email protected]> wrote: > A giant thank you to all who contribute to this site and a very Happy > Holiday Season! > I am one of the "lurkers" who has followed this site for over a decade > even though I have not been active in genealogy. The knowledge and support > this site and its subscribers offer is exceptional. > It is my intention to take up researching again so let me begin with two > questions that have plagued me for awhile. > My relatives were mariners from Ulverston. John Pernie was a captain of a > " gailot" while James Pernie captained a ship "rigged square". I know that > a gailot is a flat bottomed boat. Some reports describe it as similar to a > barge while others say after 1830 it could be like a schooner. What type > would have sailed from Ulverston to Liverpool hauling pig iron and coal? > > Can anyone direct me to or forward pictures of what these ships from > Ulverston might have looked like? > > Noreen > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >