Hello Folks,
I live in Bridlington about 35 miles south down the coast from Whitby, in our harbour here can be found traditional wooden coble's and trawlers. We have one traditional sailing coble named Three Brothers that was restored by a local group of people known as Bridlington Sailing Coble Preservation Society (
http://www.bscps.com/homepage.htm) to keep traditional sail alive.
The Coble's come in different shapes and designs as they were built by eye by master builders.
North Landing is a cove in the chalk cliffs just above Flamborough and here coble's can be seen at close quarters as they are hauled up on a steep concrete slope at the head of the beach out of reach of storms. They are launched in the traditional manner across the beach on wooden rollers though they are pushed or towed by an old bulldozer with large old rubber tyres on the nose these days.
If you google Bridlington Coble's, North Landing Coble's and Three Brothers Sailing Coble and search images and you will see some great photos of these craft.