Barnabas
 is an 1881 40ft St Ives Mackerel Driver. She is the only survivor from the thousand strong fleet of lug rigged seine and drift net fishing boats, registered at Cornish ports at the turn of the 19th century. She underwent considerable renovation in 2005 and is now sailed as one of four traditional boats within the Cornish Maritime Trust. In 2015, she successfully circumnavigated the UK and recently sailed in Scotland and Ireland. On Loch Broom, a community of CMT volunteers cut down some Douglas fir trees the previous year for new masts! She also attends local festivals, as well as several in Brittany. There is an active community that sail and maintain her, generally based from Newlyn. Membership is from £30 for u30’s and sails are very affordable. In 2025, Barnabas was awarded the National Historic Ships (UK) Operational Flagship Vessel of the Year. And the same year, she won the Classic Boat Magazine’s Centenarian of the Year award. This was voted for worldwide! www.cornishmaritimetrust.org