A starboard bow view of the staysail spritsail barge Pudge (1922) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the 1981 Blackwater Match.

A starboard bow view of the staysail spritsail barge Pudge (1922) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the 1981 Blackwater Match. Her mizzen sail is furled and 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. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: PM2573/35CN
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: 38 mm x 35 mm