Falmouth Packet: ‘Historic boat Barnabas completes 1,400 mile Celtic voyage’ – June 25, 2024
The 143-year-old working boat, Barnabas, returned to Newlyn Harbour after a 1,400 mile Celtic voyage.
25 June 2024
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BBC Radio Cornwall’s Julie Skeltenbery: 143 year old Barnabas returns to Newlyn after 1,400 mile voyage
143 year old Barnabas returns to Newlyn after 1,400 mile voyage. Crew members Rob McDowell and Dave Need tell Julie all about it.
Photo: Chris Yacoubian
24 June 2024
Ullapool News: ‘Ullapool Lugger Fest’ – June 13, 2024
… to add to the fleet was
the 1881-built Cornish lugger
Barnabas SS 634, up in this neck
of the woods for new masts
at the Johnston and Loftus
boatyard at Corry. With a few
more local luggers, there was an
impressive fleet going out to sail
each day.
13 June 2024
The Echo: ‘143 year old wooden boat Barnabas on its way here’ – Jun 5, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
5 June 2024
PR02 – 143 year old ‘lady’ Barnabas links four Celtic nations on 1,400 mile voyage – 43 volunteers trained in ‘endangered’ heritage sailing skills
The 143 year old working boat ‘Barnabas’, sailed into Newlyn Harbour on Saturday, marking the end of her two-month heritage mission to all four Celtic lands
2 June 2024
Cornwall Live: CMT Artist in Residence features… ‘Meet new ‘custodian’ of historic Newlyn art studio where masters once lived and worked’ – Jun 1st, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
1 June 2024
Julie Skeltenbery, a former lugger owner herself, discusses the historic St Ives lugger Barnabas which has just completed an epic voyage from Cornwall to Scotland
BBC Radio Cornwall’s Julie Skeltenbery, a former lugger owner herself, discusses the historic St Ives lugger Barnabas which has just completed an epic voyage from Cornwall to Scotland
1 June 2024
The Cornishman: CMT Artist in Residence features… ‘Artist peels back layers of history as house reveals secrets of famous Newlyn painters’ – May 30, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
30 May 2024
Scotland Outdoors: Dawn Chorus, Dipping Luggers and Moray Marsupials
Later this month Ullapool is hosting Lugger Fest ’24. It’s the village’s inaugural maritime festival of traditional boats and will feature talks, food, music plus the chance to get aboard the Luggers- small fishing boats that use a particular kind of sail. Dan Holland went along to find out more about what will be going on and explore one the luggers.
4 May 2024
Fishing News: ‘Historic Lugger Sets Off On Historic Voyage’ – May 2nd, 2024
A 143-YEAR-OLD ST IVES
double-ended dipping
lugger has set sail from
Newlyn on a 1,000-mile
‘living heritage’ journey.
The only surviving vessel of
its type in the world, Barnabas
departed Cornwall on 19 April on
a six-week round trip to Ullapool
as part of a journey incorporating
education, fundraising and
preservation in the form of a new
set of masts
2 May 2024
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Falmouth Packet: ‘Historic boat Barnabas completes 1,400 mile Celtic voyage’ – June 25, 2024
The 143-year-old working boat, Barnabas, returned to Newlyn Harbour after a 1,400 mile Celtic voyage.
BBC Radio Cornwall’s Julie Skeltenbery: 143 year old Barnabas returns to Newlyn after 1,400 mile voyage
143 year old Barnabas returns to Newlyn after 1,400 mile voyage. Crew members Rob McDowell and Dave Need tell Julie all about it.
Photo: Chris Yacoubian
Ullapool News: ‘Ullapool Lugger Fest’ – June 13, 2024
… to add to the fleet was
the 1881-built Cornish lugger
Barnabas SS 634, up in this neck
of the woods for new masts
at the Johnston and Loftus
boatyard at Corry. With a few
more local luggers, there was an
impressive fleet going out to sail
each day.
The Echo: ‘143 year old wooden boat Barnabas on its way here’ – Jun 5, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
PR02 – 143 year old ‘lady’ Barnabas links four Celtic nations on 1,400 mile voyage – 43 volunteers trained in ‘endangered’ heritage sailing skills
The 143 year old working boat ‘Barnabas’, sailed into Newlyn Harbour on Saturday, marking the end of her two-month heritage mission to all four Celtic lands
Cornwall Live: CMT Artist in Residence features… ‘Meet new ‘custodian’ of historic Newlyn art studio where masters once lived and worked’ – Jun 1st, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
Julie Skeltenbery, a former lugger owner herself, discusses the historic St Ives lugger Barnabas which has just completed an epic voyage from Cornwall to Scotland
BBC Radio Cornwall’s Julie Skeltenbery, a former lugger owner herself, discusses the historic St Ives lugger Barnabas which has just completed an epic voyage from Cornwall to Scotland
The Cornishman: CMT Artist in Residence features… ‘Artist peels back layers of history as house reveals secrets of famous Newlyn painters’ – May 30, 2024
… Vicki has also joined forces with the Cornish Maritime Trust to help them raise funds so they can continue to preserve and maintain traditional boats and the skills to build and sail them too.
Scotland Outdoors: Dawn Chorus, Dipping Luggers and Moray Marsupials
Later this month Ullapool is hosting Lugger Fest ’24. It’s the village’s inaugural maritime festival of traditional boats and will feature talks, food, music plus the chance to get aboard the Luggers- small fishing boats that use a particular kind of sail. Dan Holland went along to find out more about what will be going on and explore one the luggers.
Fishing News: ‘Historic Lugger Sets Off On Historic Voyage’ – May 2nd, 2024
A 143-YEAR-OLD ST IVES
double-ended dipping
lugger has set sail from
Newlyn on a 1,000-mile
‘living heritage’ journey.
The only surviving vessel of
its type in the world, Barnabas
departed Cornwall on 19 April on
a six-week round trip to Ullapool
as part of a journey incorporating
education, fundraising and
preservation in the form of a new
set of masts