A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Repertor (1924) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match.

A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Repertor (1924) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match. She has all white sails and has a Crowned Head logo on her topsail. She is on the port 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.

Object Details

ID: PM2557/44CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Repertor (1924)
Date made: 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm