A distant port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Repertor (1924) under sail racing during the 1981 Blackwater Match.
A distant port side view, taken from well 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 horizon is not level. 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: | PM2557/46CN |
|---|---|
| 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 |