A community boat which will take residents and visitors on sight seeing trips along the River Parrett is being launched in Langport on Wednesday 5th July between 6 and 7pm. Named DUCHESS OF COCKLEMOOR, she is a 38ft timber built ferry boat built in Plymouth in 1908. ...
A Langport man is looking to promote the town’s waterways by sailing his own boat up and down the River Parrett. Ian Macnab has purchased a 1908 ferryboat built in Plymouth, which in its heyday used to ferry passengers between Teignmouth and Shaldon on the Devon...