WHERE T0 BOAT FISH
Why’s it called the Shambles then, skipper?” I asked. “I did find out once,” said Colin, skipper of Flamer IV, the Weymouth-based charter boat we were fishing aboard. “Because of the number of ships that have been wrecked by hitting it – it must be a mess – a total shambles down there.” Subsequent research using Chat GTP told me “the Shambles sandbank off the coast of Weymouth in Dorset is believed to have derived its name from the Old English word “sceamel,” which means a ledge or shelf. The sandbank resembles a shallow shelf or ledge, hence the name “Shambles”. Either way, that’s where we were with the ‘rips’ in the water visible as the tide pushed the water up
