Saucy Jack – Barking Well-Smack – Vanguard Models

The set includes:

• Laser-cut and engraved MDF and pearwood elements.

• Laser-cut and engraved maple deck with nail detailing.

• 1 photo-etched brass sheet.

• High-resolution parts printed using 3D technology.

• Small crew boat, containing 3D-printed and wooden parts.

• Double-planked deck, using limewood for the first deck layer and pearwood for the second layer.

• Walnut wooden peg for mast, gaff and boom.

• Multiple sizes of black and natural rigging thread, along with all the necessary blocks and eyelets.

• Comprehensive full-color instructions, together with TWELVE plan sheets containing all mast and rigging drawings.

Instrukcja obsługi – Saucy Jack

Dimensions:

• Scale – 1:64
• Overall length – 425 mm
• Overall height – 361 mm
• Overall width – 86 mm

Saucy Jack – Barking Well-Smack – 1836

Well smacks were fishing boats equipped with a built-in tank with circulating seawater, in which fish could be kept alive for several days. By 1830, 30–40 such units were operating in Barking, also known as “fish pools.” Most well smacks were between 50 and 60 feet long and had a crew of 7–8 people. The “Saucy Jack” flavor was a typical example of this type of vessel. It was built in Gravesend in 1836, measured 60 feet in length, and weighed 51 tons. “Saucy Jack” served for many years and was the last well smack to leave Barking in 1880, although well smacks continued to be used in other ports for a long time afterwards. Some vessels built later in the 19th century were still fishing in the Faroe Islands in the 1950s.

Although storing fish in a water basin was a better method than salting and air-drying, it had several drawbacks. Flavors with water pools weren’t very fast, due to the need to carry several tons of seawater in the hull. Additional structural reinforcements and the manufacturing of the pool itself led to a significant increase in the cost of the units.