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A hoy was a broad sailing boat used to transport farming produce.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

The two significant features in this photograph are the nets drying over the sea wall and the way in which the fishing boat is being handled.

The lantern in the after part of the fishing boat was by this time a legal requirement, as well, of course, as providing light for the men to work by during night hours.

The gentleman proudly escorts three elegant ladies dressed in white; other people further back are intrigued by the crab boats, which were probably made by Leonard Lown or his son Henry.

The advent of the railways in the mid 19th century was to enhance the use of the Thames for pleasure as day-trippers took to the water in punts and sailing boats.

During the mackerel season, Newlyn bustled with freelance boatmen who earned their living ferrying the catch in clinker- built rowing boats known as bummers' gigs from fishing boats anchored offshore

It is regrettable that in our increasingly litigious 21st century, where a stubbed toe or a sprained ankle can cost boat hire firms dear in compensation, simple boating pleasures may be slowly

Almost certainly a race or regatta is in progress, as the distinctive boats of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club pose gracefully against the wooded shoreline.

This photograph was taken at a time when Solva's harbour was reaching the end of its time as a working harbour - the quay with its array of small boats looks somewhat run down.

Old Archway to the Boat Steps

Good supplies of local oak supported Rye's thriving boat and barge building industry, and as the patches on the hull of the sloop indicate, facilitated repair work.

The boat we saw in photograph M32031R (No 33) is now seen climbing the 5 locks at Tyrley.

The lantern in the after part of the fishing boat was by this time a legal requirement, as well, of course, as providing light for the men to work by during night hours.

The many entertainments include a fairground, boating lake and aviaries.

Southend The Boating Beach

He was three times stroke for Cambridge in the Boat Race boat, and gave his name to the University`s second boat.

Fishing was a vital local industry in this remote north-eastern port, and in 1914 there were still more than 200 boats registered here.

There is not a breath of wind, so the drainage mill is motionless and the sailing boats are becalmed on the Ant, which is little more than a narrow stream at this point.

Here we see two horse-drawn narrow boats, the 'Linnet' and the 'Evelyn', belonging to George Garside, at the attractively sited lock in Cassiobury Park, Watford.

In the 1920s, Tom Richmond's West End Boating Stage offered rowing, Canadian-style skiffs and punts.

The baths were situated just to the north of the Boat House, where Gayton Sands Nature Reserve car park now stands.

The boat we saw in photograph No M32031R is now seen climbing the 5 locks at Tyrley.

This attractive boat house is set at the foot of a steep cliff alongside the River Taf with its 'heron-priested' shore.