A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the River Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match. The CK258 port registry of the Charlotte Ellen is on her hull and the mainsail and she is on the port tack. The Helen & Violet's port registry LO262 is on her hull and on her mainsail and she is also on the port tack On the right is the forepart of the smack Mary (1900) and her port registry CK252 is on her mainsail. Negatives numbers PM2359/2 to PM2364/37 were taken on the same day.