A port bow view of the bowsprit spritsail barge May (1891) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match.
A port bow view of the bowsprit spritsail barge May (1891) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match. She has a white staysail and jib and 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: | PM2554/26CN |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Weston, Derek Richard |
| Vessels: | May (1891) |
| Date made: | 1981 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |