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[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] ‘The Leigh bawleys which form the subject of Mr Mason’s drawing are a type that it is indeed a pity to see vanishing from the Thames Estuary and giving place to a class of modern motor craft, less pleasing in design, where sails are but auxiliary to power.’ Frank Carr describes the history … Continue reading “Frank Carr writing on bawleys”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Bawley’s off the Nore drawing by Frank Mason This is the frontispiece from Vanishing Craft: British Coastal Craft in the Last Days of Sail by Frank G G Carr with drawings by Frank Mason. Published in 1934, the book was written by Carr with the aim of persuading the yachtsmen, curators and scholars … Continue reading “Bawleys off the Nore”
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