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Three Brothers is seen here in 2006
sailing just outside Bridlington harbour. photo: Mike Wilson
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Welcome
Three Brothers is an historic sailing coble. She
was built in Bridlington in 1912, by Baker and Percy Siddall, at a cost of £75. For many years she was a fishing coble as well as a pleasure vessel during the summer. She is fitted out as
a traditional East Coast sailing coble. As far as we know, the only remaining fishing coble still sailing, and under sail only.
The coble is an ancient form of boat, most
probably brought to the North East coast by the Angles from Germany and the Danes who settled and fished from the Humber northwards
Originally this type of craft could be sailed with
one man and a boy, and fished commercially off the Yorkshire east coast during the winter in the North Sea. For safety reasons the typical boat, importantly used for the tourist trade
(day trips and line fishing) in the summer, was fitted with weather boards on both gunwhales, as shown on the current fitting out of Three Brothers. She is seen above outside
Bridlington harbour, her home port, where she is now permanently moored.
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