Fishing smack

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A fishing smack, or simply smack, is a sea-going boat used for fishing. Fishing smacks were originally sailing vessels, usually sloop or ketch-rigged, used primarily in British coastal waters. Modern smacks, though usually diesel powered, retain the same usage, and are distinguished by having a well for keeping the catch alive.

Large fleets of fishing smacks were found through the ninetweenth and early twentieth centuries sailing out of East Coast and South-West Coast ports such as Grimsby, Boston, Lowestoft, and Brixham, usually bearing red ochre sails.

External links

• ["Albert"] — a Boston fishing smack built 1910
• [Victorious] — a Kings Lynn fishing smack built c. 1902
• [19th & 20th-century sailing ships] — page by Colin Munro

 

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