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Long ago film and photos of London, the Thames, and the Thames Estuary

A 1928-9 river travelogue from Tower Bridge, through London’s busy docks, past famous downstream landmarks at Greenwich including sailing barge moorings, all the way down to Canvey Island, Hadleigh Ray to Benfleet’s The Hoy pub, and then to Southend Pier where the cameraman lands at Southend Pier heads towards town on one of the pier’s famous trains. If that’s not … Continue reading “Long ago film and photos of London, the Thames, and the Thames Estuary”

Cornish lugger Spirit of Mystery for sale on eBay

The Cornish lugger Peter Goss and his crew used to sail to Australia a couple of years back (read this and this), Spirit of Mystery, is up for sale on eBay. She was built in Millbrook, Cornwall by Chris Rees, and is heavily built in larch on oak, and has an open plan interior. The owner says … Continue reading “Cornish lugger Spirit of Mystery for sale on eBay”

Shoalwater and Fairway, by Alker Tripp

‘Shoalwater and Fairway – The casual explorations of a sailing man in the shoal seas and tidal waters of Essex and Kent, by H Alker Tripp illustrated by the author’ Shoalwater and Fairway by the extraordinary H Alker Tripp describes a series of engineless cruising expeditions to and from and along the Kent coast made in … Continue reading “Shoalwater and Fairway, by Alker Tripp”