I had a really good time aboard CK 36, ‘Electron’. Here are more photos of smacks that took part in dredging match.
The first photo shows ‘Electron’ at a mooring in Mersea Quarters. She patiently waits for her crew who will prepare her for dredging. That will entail replacing the working jib with a smaller one, putting a reef in the main and setting up a tricing line. Also marker buoys will be tied to the dredge lines so that if a dredge were to snag, the line could be severed and the whole lot retrieved later.
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Here we have CK 159. Note that her mainsail is triced up to the second line of reef points. A small jib and the top of her mainsail provide sufficient power for moving the smack at the right speed through the water for dredging.
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There were one or two smaller boats taking part. CK 22 has a crew of nine. Two of the prettier crew members are doing the hard work of hauling in a dredge. This boat is not a smack, neither is she a bawley, and I don’t think she’s a winklebrig. Could she be a bumkin?
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Here is the pretty Maldon smack MN 17 - shame about the rubber duck, but I admit that the inflatable dinghy must be a practical solution for transporting her crew to and from the smack.
More photos tomorrow.
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