A slightly distant starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Pudge (1922) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the 1981 Blackwater Match.

A slightly distant starboard very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the staysail spritsail barge Pudge (1922) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the 1981 Blackwater Match. She is on the starboard tack and her mizzen sail is furled. 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: PM2561/25CN
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Pudge (1922)
Date made: 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm