Reconstruction

Various ideas for complete boats have been put forward, but the design most favoured is that worked out between 1986 and 1989 by John Coates and Ted Wright, depicted above. The boat is shown as equal ended, with the bottom-structure as found in Ferriby Boat 1 (F1), but restored to a symmetrical plan. The sides are made up of three strakes each, the ends of which are shaped to fit the extensions of the keel-strake. The presence of ribs is deduced from certain blocks and slots surviving on the sheer-strakes is deduced from a later piece of boat-plank f