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Foy boat was not exceptional, but under oar it was a different matter – they were excellent rowing boats. They could be rowed conventionally or sculled. During the second half of the 20th century, the triumph of small scale marine diesels or petrol engines ensured the end of the traditional
Foyboat. Yards would however still use the outline in a motorised form and offer a "Foyboat". An example was Robson's of
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the formation of the first
Foyboatman's Association. This and much else about the everyday lives of Tees Foyboatmen was recorded in a 2013 feature whose verdict is worth quoting "Although it is one of the most obscure occupations on the River Tees, or anywhere else for that matter, it is also one of the oldest and most vital".
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Published material in 2013 reveals that eight licensed foyboats work on the River Tees. As build costs accelerated, the river's own foyboat association commissioned and owned its own boats rather than the private individuals. The first example in 1964 cost £1,100 then. In 2013 the rough replacement
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The
Foyboat was recognised in local dialect by the turn of the 18th/19th century. By then "at that time on the River Wear, we had about one hundred and fifty foy boats built on the same plan as a man'o war's gig but much neater (they) were very fast pulling boats". Under sail the performance of the
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work, acting as informal ferries taking crew and provisions to anchored vessels and to each river bank. The reason a distinct vessel and type of crew evolved was down to an association between families and the job and the need to evolve a design whose first requirement was ruggedness and stability.
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A notable change which is reflected in the pattern of the current day River Tees operation (see
Further reading below) was the shift from racing competitively to secure work to the adoption of a rota system of work. The process of regularising the procurement of work owes much on the River Tees to
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trade in sail developed out of the rivers of the North East of
England, there would have been a great need for small vessels to tend larger ones. The work involved would typically be handling lines between shore and vessel (and later to tugs), handling anchor and
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by Roger Finch, Terence Dalton, Lavenham, 1973 p135. In addition to the rota this reference confirms association with fee and provides a half page summary printed account of the foyboat of the north east. Roger Finch was a significant maritime
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cost of a Tees boat is £200,000 with a planned working life of a decade. In that year the association employed ten people with a further forty "members". It has become a form of co-operative.
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is a replica commissioned in 1979 from F McNulty of South
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would run it close" page 52 (print) or page 22 (online) : The literature of the
Foyboat is not extensive which makes this three page feature worth study.
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which came from the South Shield's yard
Mitchelsons in the 1920s. She was acquired by the North East Maritime Trust and is being restored to pre 1939 order.
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For a humble work boat and not one that translates into any form of popular or racing design, a surprising number feature in museum collections. They are:
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Science Museum, Exhibition Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear County Council Museums, Newcastle N/d. c1980.
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Joan a Foyboat is in the Tyne and Wear, restored by the North East Maritime Trust based in South Shields.
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