Trainees hoisting the fore boom staysail on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in the Solent.

Trainees hoisting the fore boom staysail on board the 3-masted topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill (1966) while under sail in the Solent. They are heaving on a halyard to get the sail fully hoisted. The jibsails are loosened and not stowed. The port anchor davit is rigged. The photographer is looking forward from the port side of the foredeck abreast the accommodation skylight.

Object Details

ID: P50337
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bromley-Martin, Angela Felicity
Vessels: Sir Winston Churchill (1966)
Date made: 1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 64 mm