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CS26 Flo.
I captured this image of the inshore fishing boat CS26 in March 2007 when she was fishing for shellfish in the Solent Southampton. There is a website that I consult that provides details of fishing boats Registered in Cowes Isle of Wight (CS). It reveals that CS26 was built as a Potter (possibly built to catch crabs or lobsters) and was named Flo. That boat was in-service from 1903 until 2008. If these details do in fact refer to the boat in my image then when I saw her she was already over 100 years old and as such is probably the oldest working vessel that I have ever seen and photographed.
Author: John Leary
Photo size: 2.7 Mpixels (7.63 MB uncompressed) - 2000x1334 pixels (6.7x4.4 in / 16.9x11.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Cowes, CS26, Fishing boat, Fishing boats, Flo, Isle of Wight, John Leary, John Leary Photography, My ship images, Potter, Ship images from around the World, Solent, Southampton