Talk:Falmouth working boat

Suggested move to Falmouth working boat
Falmouth work boat and Falmouth workboat do occur but, as far as I can see, those occurences are mainly from outside Falmouth. I have only ever heard the vessels referred to as Falmouth working boats. Examples:
 * Falmouth Working Boat Association
 * Local yacht surveyor
 * Local sailing club
 * Local Web site
 * Local artist
 * Local newspaper

I suggest the article be moved to Falmouth working boat.

Frans Fowler (talk) 20:05, 22 March 2021 (UTC)


 * The various writers on traditional working craft of Britain seem to use neither term for any specific type of boat. If settling on a name, they go for: "Fal sailing oyster dredger" (Eric McKee, Working Boats of Britain, their shape and purpose), "Fal oyster dredging boat" (John Leather, Gaff Rig). Edgar J Marsh quotes a letter (written in 1961) from Gerald Ruston, a boatbuilder from Restronguet - this talks about "river boats" of 15-17 ft, whose use included oyster dredging. (Inshore Craft of Britain in the Days of Sail and Oar). The book Inshore Craft: Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles (this is essentially the same work as the Chatham Directory of Inshore Craft), edited by Basil Greenhill and Julian Mannering has a section headed "Falmouth Working Boats". The first subsection is "Falmouth Oyster Dredger", the next section is headed "Falmouth Quay Punt".


 * (I suggest that these writers represent the vast bulk of, or possibly all the authorities on British small craft worked under sail. E W White appears not to mention this type in British Fishing Boats and Coastal Craft, though discusses the Quay Punt at length.)


 * Thinking of sets and subsets, I suggest that the "Fal/Falmouth oyster dredger" is the subject of the article and that it is a type of "Falmouth Working Boat" (as is the Quay Punt), so it is quite reasonable to have a local association for the broader grouping, even if most or all of the members have oyster dredgers. What that does for the proposed move? - the new article name would be better than the old one, but I a unconvinced that it is ideal.ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 23:30, 22 March 2021 (UTC)