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BARNABAS A St Ives Mackerel Driver. Web price including Postage and Packing is a flat rate of £3.99 for the whole world.

This book tells the story of Barnabas, the last surviving historic Cornish dipping lugger that worked out of St Ives, her home port, from when she was built in 1881. She was part of a great fleet of Cornish vessels that worked under sail in the heyday of fishing for mackerel, herring and pilchards.
Owned by the Cornish Maritime Trust, she underwent restoration and was relaunched in 2006 to sail on for future generations to enjoy.

Written by art historian Sue McNab B.A. Hons, Phd
Published by the Cornish Maritime Trust 2007

BARNABAS 2 disc DVD set. Web price, including Postage and Packing is a flat rate of £8.99 for the the whole world.

Disc 1
BARNABAS, A ST IVES MACKEREL DRIVER (54 minutes)
Through Barnabas the film brings to life the Cornish fishing industry in its heydey and the people who built and worked the boats. The recent major restoration of this historic vessel was filmed over a period of nine months. Once more Barnabas embodies our maritime heritage and sails around the coast of Cornwall for present and future generations to enjoy.

Disc 2
THE RESTORATION OF THE BARNABAS (100 minutes)
Filmed on almost a daily basis this provides a document of the skills of the boatbuilders and the technicalities of the work as it happened plus extra scenes.

Filmed & Directed by the artist Theo McNab, a member of Aosdana Ireland
Music & Sound by the artist Tom Rickman
Written by art historian Sue McNab
Narrated by Brian Stevens, Honorary Curator of the St Ives Museum

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