| It is thought only the dugout canoe predates the coracle as a means of water travel. |
| He prefers the Teifi coracle because he likes working with cleft wild woods such as willow, hazel and ash rather than pre-sawn materials. |
| In its original form, this involved saints like Columba taking to his coracle, trusting the waves to carry him wherever they might. |
| In the mid 1990s he began to research the methods of coracle building used by the craftsmen coracle makers of rural Wales. |
| Reepicheep hops into his coracle and paddles over the wave to the paradise beyond. |
| He is probably the last man who can still construct the ancient hide-covered type of coracle. |
