The name of a sailboat used on the western Ireland coast.?

Question

The name of a sailboat used on the western Ireland coast.?

Answer 1

It has to be a Galway Hooker, a very distinctive and traditional sailing boat. It's a wide beamed boat that is built locally, though I'm pretty sure they are not made commercially!

Answer 2

The Galway Hooker

Answer 3

A currach is not a really a sailboat its used inshore mainly powered by oars  nowadays outboard engines .

Traditional saliing boats used on the west coast would be Galway Hookers ,these were most prominent in Connemara for fishing & transporting goods like Turf , Seaweed to and from the Islands

Answer 4

The boats used are called curahs its Irish

Answer 5

the dublin

Answer 6

Mr Knowledge is correct but the type of boat he refers to is called a Currach. They are a light skin covered boat made primarily from willow rods they have no keel. The first written record of them was made in 100bc by Julius Ceasar

Answer 7

The Galway Hooker! With their distinctive red sails, here are some pictures.. there is one on this page somewhere http://www.monasette.com/archive/2005_07... and some more http://www.roundstone-connemara.com/fest...