4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 septembre 2014
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The Thames sailiing barge Edith May was built for her original owners, William Barrett of Leytonstone and Captain Howard, her first skipper, before being sold to Alfred Sully, who managed the barge from just after the Great War. The barge continued in the ownership of Sully’s throughout her working life, carrying cereal products, wheat, barley etc between East Anglia and London. Her largest cargo was 133 tons of Manitoba wheat, but more typically she would carry around 120 tons. In 1952 an auxiliary engine was fitted and from this time until she was sold out of trade, in January 1961, she operated as a motor barge, skippered by Bob Childs, a local bargeman. Edith May was built for racing as a medium sized coasting barge and is amongst only a handful of barges to have been built with a rockered bottom to enhance performance. The late Vernon Harvey bought the barge from trade and she was rerigged with the gear from the famous racing barge, “Veronica” when her career ended in 1963. Regarded as a latter day racing queen, the “Edith May” dominated the Sailing Barge Matches of the 1960s, 70s and early 80s. The Colne Barge Match, was the eighth and final match of the 2014 season, took place out of Brightlingsea on September 14th when eight barges contested a course from Bateman's Tower to the Colne Bar, Clacton Pier, the Spitways and back.
