Thames Sailing Barges, Maldon.

 
  Thames sailing barge 'Repertor', Maldon, Essex, England   Sailing Barge 'Repertor' on the River Blackwater.

69 tons, 86 feet long and 20 feet on the beam.

 

 

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  Photograph of Thames sailing barge 'Marjorie', Maldon, Essex, England   Sailing Barge 'Marjorie' on the River Blackwater.

56 tons, 84 feet long and 19 feet on the beam.

 

 

 

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  Photograph of Thames sailing barge 'Xylonite', Maldon, Essex, England   Sailing Barge 'Xylonite' on the River Blackwater.

68 tons, 73 feet long.

 

 

 

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  Photograph of Thames sailing barges, Tollesbury, Essex, England   Sailing Barges on the River Blackwater.

Sailing barges taking part in the annual Blackwater Barge Match and heading out into the estuary seen here from the sea wall near Tollesbury.

 

 

 

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