A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of an unidentified gaff cutter rigged yacht, with the sail number 406, under sail on the River Medway.

A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of an unidentified gaff cutter rigged yacht, with the sail number 406, under sail on the River Medway. She is sailing downwind and her white jibsail is boomed out on the starboard side with an oar being used to hold the foot of the sail. In the background on the left is the oyster smack Stormy Petrel (1890). She has a white jibsail and foresail and her port registry F71 is on her hull.

Object Details

ID: PM2374/35
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Derek Richard Weston
Vessels: 406 (fl. 1980); Stormy Petrel (1890)
Date made: 1980-1985
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm