A slightly distant port quarter view of the staysail spritsail barge Ironsides (1900) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match.

A slightly distant port quarter view of the staysail spritsail barge Ironsides (1900) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match. She has the RDL logo on her topsail 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: PM2556/40CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Ironsides (1900)
Date made: 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm