DETAILS OF VESSEL

Mevagissey Habour in 1909 (From the Falmouth Library Collection)

The first "Hannibal James", the skipper's great x3 grandfather (named after his father) were copper miners from Breage.

Fowey Harbour illustration published in 1826 (Cornish Library Collection)

Extract from Great Britain's Coasting Pilot by Captain Greeneville Collins (1693):

DIRECTIONS  FOR   SAILING  INTO  FOWEY   OR  FOY.

FOY lieth 4 Leagueſ NE from the Deadman, and two mileſ to the Weſtward of a great Bay called St Blazey Bay, Predmouth Point being the weſt-.ſide of the Bay. There lieth a Ledge of Rocks SE, about half a mile from the ſaid Point, called the Canneyſ, and ſhew themſelveſ above water at half-Tide; there iſ but 7 and 8 foot Water within them at low water. From theſe Rockſ to the going in to Foy the Shoar is bold. Keep the Deadman within the Winehead Rock, and it will carry you clear of the Canneyſ.

FOY.

Foy may be very eaſily known, lying in between two high-landſ; on the weſt-ſide the going in, iſ an old Church and Caſtle, and on the eaſt-ſide the Ruinſ of an old Church, as you may ſee by the making of it in the Draught of Foy, No 17 . The going in iſ a Cable’ſ length over from ſide to ſide, and no danger; when you are in you may anchor before the Town, or run up above the Town. And whereaſ it hath been reported to be a Bar-Harbour, and that you cannot enter till half Tide, I do aſſure you that there is no leſſ than 3 Fathomſ at low-water at a Spring-tide: Here you may lie afloat to

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