Sailing Boats

Boats and Ships on River

'Friday' Green and Elise - CK299
Smack 'Elise' built 1885 and owned by James 'Friday' Green who would never do anything on a Friday
2005 Regatta
2006 Regatta
2010 Regatta
2012 Regatta
Everything but the skipper's shirt!
2013 Regatta
About the sailing barge Wyvenhoe
Built in Wivenhoe in 1898. Still going today.
About the Smack Yacht "Vera" built in Wivenhoe in 1893
Built by Forrest & Sons of Wivenhoe. Researched by the late Bill Ellis
East Essex Sailing Match for a Silver Cup, Gaff Topsail, Suit of Colours, and a Brass Compass 1800
The Ipswich Journal, Saturday, 6 September 1800
Pageant of Sail, Wivenhoe, Essex
Short film sponsored by the Wivenhoe Yacht Owners Association in 1968
Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Boats with Stories
Sailing Boats - Boats with stories
Sea-change: Wivenhoe Remembered - Sailing on the River Colne
People's memories of the river
Smacks racing up the River Colne
The Renowned Yacht Pearl
She won many races for the Marquis of Anglesey
The schooner Jane wrecked with loss of 6 Wivenhoe men - April 1877
The story of how the schooner Jane was wrecked off Yarmouth in a violent storm
Waiting for the 2014 Regatta to Start
A view of Wivenhoe from the Fingringhoe side