A starboard bow view of an unidentified oyster smack under full sail while racing, probably in the Thames Estuary.

A starboard bow view of an unidentified oyster smack under full sail while racing, probably in the Thames Estuary. She is sailing goose-winged and she has a triangular sail rigged below the mainsail boom which is set to starboard. Another smack and a spritsail barge are in the background. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: PM2466/18ACN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Derek Richard Weston
Date made: 1978-1982
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm