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'Yankee Jack' flatner

This flatner, typical of boats used for fishing in the muddy inshore waters of the Bristol Channel in the 19th and early 20th centuries, was built in Watchet in 1997 and named 'Yankee Jack' in honour of John Short.

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University of London
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The flatner 'Yankee Jack'