Since the construction of a bridge in 1944, the practice of transporting men and goods by coracles has greatly diminished.
Many coracles are so light and portable that they can easily be carried on the fisherman's shoulders.
The coracles are about 2.24 m in diameter, but still can take a load of eight persons at a time.
The various challenges are attempted mainly because it's a challenge, a challenge for me and a challenge for the coracle.
Coracles are primitive, light, bowl-shaped boats with a frame of woven grasses, reeds, or saplings covered with hides.
Coracle netting in this part of the river is prohibited except by persons who held licences in both of the years 1931 and 1932.
The fleet says that if its size is reduced too often, it will have to put to sea in coracles, which is not what any of us would wish.
People from all over the world come to see this coracle fishing going on in exactly the same way as it has done for so many centuries.
