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Being one of the larger smacks, CK 21 can comfortably manage three dredges. Her upright stem and sloping transom give her a real East Coast look. Note that a young lady is climbing the mast - presumably to gain a vantage point from where she will be able to take photos.
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Here we have a smack with a fuller, more upright transom and less sheer than CK 21. Her mainsail does not have a boom. The tender she is towing is completely in keeping with the sort that would have been used years ago when she earned her keep. I doubt her tender is wooden one; most probably she’s a fibreglass replica smack’s boat. I can’t make out the vessel’s name, but her home port would appear to be Leigh-on-Sea. However, according to the insignia on her mainsail (LO), she would have been based at Lowestoft.
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This graceful, pale blue, Colchester registered smack, CK 210, has been tastefully converted into a yacht by the addition of low profile cabin trunk. Accommodation would be sparse, but more voluminous than when she was purely a workboat.
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MN 119 is a clinker vessel, which is unusual for smacks. In fact, I think she looks more like a bawley. With her long topmast she would be able to carry a very large topsail.
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