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Wednesday 30 November 2011
Red sails in the Bay - a film for Mounts Bay Lugger fans.
In this extract from the Three S films, Red Sails in the Bay, Norman Laity who built the replica lugger, Dolly Pentreath talks about life in the days when lug sails were the norm around the coast of Cornwall - and tells us that three-masted luggers were banned because they gave smugglers an unfair advantage over the revenue cutters!
This film documents the revival of interest in Cornish luggers with their iconic canvas sails. Members of Mounts Bay Luggers Association recount their experience in the rebuild of the Happy Return. Barnabus, Ripple, and Dolly Pentreath also feature. The staggering voyage of The Mystery in 1854 is described. Finally we experience first-hand the difficulties involved in sailing aboard a lugger at the Mousehole Sea Salt and Sail event.
It can be purchased by clicking thehere or by Free phone 0800 0430264