A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Scone (1919) racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match.

A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Scone (1919) racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match. She has a white staysail, mizzen sail and a topsail with the PREEDCRETE logo on it. She is on the starboard tack. The race starts off Osea Island in the Blackwater and runs out into the Thames Estuary to the Wallet Spitway off Clacton before turning for the run back. A vertical format negative

Object Details

ID: PM2553/12CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Scone (1919)
Date made: 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm