What is Dandy Fishing

[lizb]

I have found an ancestor on a Dandy Fishing boat in 1881. It was a smallish boat with six hands operating out of Ramsgate in Kent.

I have found various references to Dandy Fishing Vessels but no explanation as to what these were.
Please can anyone explain?

[fastfusion]

there is a brief discription here >

http://www.fishingboatheritage.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129&Itemid=81

they were a two masted vessel used in the herring trade (mainly) and one usually had a few punts doing the net dragging then they transferred the herring to the dandy...

best discription I can offer you

[fastfusion]

on the british history online  i entered dandy fishing vessel.....   a strange result came back up......

there is suggestion of a Francis Dandy  in the time of King Charles related to fishing....  maybe thats how they got their name


 

[stanmapstone]

See the photo at http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy195/helpME7/img253.jpg
Which is on http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?104412-Sail-Rigs-on-Old-Fishing-Boats
Stan

[lizb]

Thanks for this information and links.
The info I found on google was also strange.

Now I just have to work out how my ancester whose family worked in Bristol docks ended up on a small fishing boat in Ramsgate.