Bumboats off Funchal, Madeira, heading out to the anchorage.

Bumboats off Funchal, Madeira, heading out to the anchorage. The photographer is in a boat close to these bumboats whose owners are hoping to barter their wares with tourists on board a passenger cruise ship. The nearest boat, which has the hull number E2540A, has one occupant and he is trading model sailing boats. He has a fully rigged sloop in the bow of his rowing boat and two fully rigged ketches and another sloop in the stern.

Object Details

ID: P92903
Type: Sheet film negative.
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 167 mm
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