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Watchet Boat Museum
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Harbour Road
Watchet, England
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Allison & Neil
October 23, 2019
The Watchet Boat Museum is home to the largest collection of Flatner boats in the world. These traditional boats, popularly known as 'flatties', where used along the shore of the Bristol Channel, where the shallow water would expose a large expanse of mud flat at low tide. To navigate these shallow waters a flatner boat did not use a keel and had a bow at each end. Watchet fishermen would take their flatner boats out when the tide was at its highest but they always followed the course of channels to minimise the chance of being stranded on the flats when the tide receded. The star exhibit is the last known example of a sea-going flatner boat. In addition to flatner boats the museum houses boats made to transport cut and dried blocks of peat to market.
The Watchet Boat Museum is home to the largest collection of Flatner boats in the world. These traditional boats, popularly known as 'flatties', where used along the shore of the Bristol Channel, where the shallow water would expose a large expanse of mud flat at low tide. To navigate these shallow…
Pearl
October 1, 2022
I small but very interesting bit of Watchet's local history You can walk to this by footas just in the town
Michelle
October 27, 2021
Find all the local things to do in our fabulous Visitor Centre which also houses our beautiful Boat Museum
Michelle
October 27, 2021
Lovely small museum and visitors centre. Sometimes events are held here too eg music and comedy nights
Elaine
July 15, 2020
What a place. Small in its size but bursting with history and for all to enjoy and everything is child friendly. Lovely staff always there to help with a smile. Rope making. Boat race. Story time. And more
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