This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft which once fished and traded under oar and sail around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described interms of its shape and design, fitness for purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution.The Book is illustrated with some 350 drawings and 200 photographs, some never before published. Based on the coastal craft collection at the National Maritime Museum they comprise the exquisite drawings and line plans of Philip Oke and Maxwell Blake, and the finely detailed photographs of Oliver Hill, all of whom were commisioned before World War II to record working craft before they disappeared from our shores. An impressive collection.