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	Thames sailing barge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thames sailing barges, with typical red-brown sails, in the East Swin.
		A Thames sailing barge was a type of commercial sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th century.
		The flat-bottomed barges were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow rivers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thames_sailing_barge (875 words)

	Media Coverage
		Thames sailing barges were the only technology of the time capable of feeding a metropolis before the advent of the railways.
		Thames sailing barges are distinctive in other ways – they are self tacking on the foresail and mainsail “horses”, typically draw less than four feet, can lower their masts to pass beneath bridges and use leeboards rather than a keel.
		Thames barges sailed throughout the south and east coast, from the Scillies to Newcastle, as well as conducting a thriving trade with the Continent.
	www.lady-daphne.co.uk /media_coverage.htm (1413 words)

	Bruno's pages : Links : Sailing Barges
		Thames Barge Sailing Club - The Thames Sailing Barge was the main form of cargo transport on the East Coast for over two hundred years until driven out of business by rail and road competition.
		Thames Sailing Barge Paintings - Thames barges in art,history, surviving barges and barge wrecks.
		The Thames Barge web site - They were the workhorses of the East Coast before motorisation firstly in ships, but then subsequently on the roads gradually reduced their commercial viability.
	www.bruno.postle.net /links/sailing-barges (409 words)

	Thames Match Home Page
		The Thames Match takes place annually and provides the opportunity for those Thames barges that are still in a seaworthy condition [as the result of the continuing efforts of their owners] to compete in the lower River Thames for a series of historically prestigious prizes.
		The oldest barge to have participated in the recent series of Matches was built in 1881.
		Sailing barges are berthed on PLA Lighter No. 3 after the 76th Match in 2006.
	www.thamesmatch.co.uk (1108 words)

	Thames Barges at TradBoat
		There are opportunities to sail in one of these races on board a charter barge, either with the Thames Sailing Barge Trust, or with one of several charter companies.
		She was of course the last of the Thames Barges to trade actively under sail, and many of us remember her skipper Bob Roberts.
		The barges are sailed and kept shipshape by the members who have the opportunity to learn traditional boat building and sailing skills.
	www.tradboat2.co.uk /barges/bargefullsize/thamesbarge.htm (516 words)

	River Severn & River Thames barges
		The shallow river barges that once sailed over 170 miles upriver beyond Shrewsbury to Welshpool all disappeared back in the 1890's, whilst the local style of down-river sailing barge, the Severn 'Trow' is now only represented by the restored 'Spry' preserved at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, and a few rotting wrecks.
		Navigations feeding into the Thames estuary mainly employed craft developed from the old Thames sailing barges, flat bottomed boats fitted with huge sprit sails, lowering masts and leeboards to improve their windward sailing abilities.
		With tanned sails, bright paintwork and bold scrollwork at bow and stern these supremely efficient utilitarian craft have been beloved by both artists and historians for generations and are well documented.
	www.canaljunction.com /craft/thamsevn.htm (727 words)

	Thames Sailing Barge Charter at TradBoat, the UK Traditional Boat Site
		Thames Barges and Medway Sailing Barges which average around 90 feet over-all,have great advantages where largish parties are concerned, and are ideal for corporate hospitality.
		Barges may be moored for the day at major events (London Marathon, and so on), where they provide unusual viewing platforms or interesting venues for conferences.
		In most sailing barges the former cargo spaces have been converted to comfortable "smart" dining areas with first rate catering facilities.
	www.tradboat2.co.uk /barges/thamesbarge-charter.htm (234 words)

	The Exception To The Rule
		The barges were drawn by horses along the canal towpath in the conventional manner and through the tunnel.
		Given the design of the Thames sailing barge, this was no problem as it was a design feature - normally used when they had to pass under low bridges of the Medway in the Rochester area, and on the Upper Thames.
		The efforts were made at trying to marshal the Thames sailing barge community and the wider River Thames users' community, 2003-2004, to get the missing pair of lock gates re-instated.
	www.thamesmatch.co.uk /TMCA_intro.htm (830 words)

	Thames sailing barge (PAF1958) - National Maritime Museum
		A watercolour of the Thames barge ‘Robert’ at anchor by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931).
		Visible at the stemhead is the stayfall tackle: two large blocks that were employed to lower and raise the mast with the aid of the windlass.
		Thames barges were used to transport cargo around the Thames and Medway, and were very practical for shallow waters, often sporting leeboards, as depicted here just below the gunwales, which could be retracted in shallow water.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=PAF1958 (238 words)

	Barge Trust
		Usually sailed by two men they were as at home in the shallow Essex creeks as sailing in the North Sea and English Channel.
		Run entirely by volunteers they are the subject of restoration projects and maintenance work in the Winter and sail the Thames Estuary and the Essex, Suffolk and Kent rivers in the Summer months.
		Thames Sailing Barge Trust is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 04726591.
	www.bargetrust.org (204 words)

	The Maldon Barge - Icons of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The town has a history of supplying London, and the Thames barge was an ideal form of transport.
		Design progress was slow, but an annual Sailing Barge Match, introduced in 1863, brought a new incentive to design faster boats with small crews.
		A golden age for the Thames Sailing Barge followed, and its cheap running costs meant it literally sailed through the age of steam.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/the-maldon-essex-barge (228 words)

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		Thames sailing barges did carry leeboards and used them extensively adding to their agile ability as a sailing craft.
		The iron hoop attached to a big block on its leach whammed across the bacon greased wooden horse, the barge and the rigging creaked and she gently leant to the wind and we were sailing.
		She is the last surviving family member of the largest of the Thames Sailing Barge owner's and operaters.
	www.ureader.co.uk /message/1115752.aspx (7044 words)

	channel4.com - Salvage Squad 2002 - Thames barge - text only
		The Paul barges all had a white cross in the topsail so dockworkers could recognise them from a distance and be ready to load or unload them as soon as they berthed.
		The flat bottom meant the barge could get close to the shore, but the crew were forced to abandon ship and return to England on a Navy minesweeper.
		All the work on the barge is heavy-duty – and Axel Cleghorn is in his element.
	www.channel4.com /science/microsites/S/salvage_squad_2002/vehicles/barge/index_t.html (558 words)

	Antique Marine Prints
		The Thames sailing barges were a commercial boat used on the Thames River during the nineteenth century.
		Beginning in 1863, a barge owner, Henry Dodd, began an annual race for the barges, for fun, pride, to hone the sailing skills of the sailors, and to encourage improvements in design.
		Sailing by is a sailing barge that looks to be a house boat, complete with family of father, mother, child and dog.
	www.philaprintshop.com /marine.html (1640 words)

	Thames Barge Photographs
		Thames Barges were a common sight at Greenhithe.
		The Cambria was built of wood in 1906, and is currently undergoing restoration at the Dolphin Barge Museum in Sittingbourne by the Cambria Trust.
		Xylonite a steel barge built at Mistley in 1926 was recently owned by the Greenhithe Lighterage Company and was a frequent sight at Bendigo Wharf.
	www.greenhithe.co.uk /barges/thames_barge.htm (131 words)

	Thames Sailing Barges - GRETA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Enjoy a sedate sail from Whitstable Harbour around the Thames Estuary Forts, or cruise down to Margate past the end of Herne Bay Pier, see Reculver tower, or you could take a leisurely cruise up the River Swale and under Kingsferry Bridge - wind & tide permitting - the choice is yours.
		If we are unable to sail due to weather or should Steve have to postpone your trip, we would always try and arrange for an alternative.
		Should we be unable to sail due to any other problems, (Skippers Discretion) we will inform you and your deposit would be returned.
	www.thamesbarges.co.uk /Charter_Us.asp (677 words)

	Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum on AboutBritain.com
		The site includes the original sail loft and forge which have been converted to a museum devoted to the history of the Thames Sailing Barge and the associated industries of brick and cement making which once sustained the local fleet of barges.
		The yard was then leased to the newly established Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum Trust who saw it as one of the most unaltered small shipyards of its type.
		A primary aim of the restoration is to ensure that an example of the Thames Sailing Barge is regularly open to the public view.
	www.aboutbritain.com /DolphinYardMuseum.htm (803 words)

	All Ships, Topsail Yacht Sailing
		The Thistle is one of our core fleet of Thames Sailing Barges, built on the Clyde on 1895 and has the distinction of being the only ship of her type to be built in Scotland.
		She was built as an exact 19th-century replica in 1993, a true windjammer with her fourteen sails totalling over 1300 square metres.
		Lady Daphne was renowned for her sailing speed as she plied her trade along the English Channel from Cornwall to London.
	www.topchart.co.uk /ships.asp?filter=true&frmFilter=194 (304 words)

	Thames Sailing Barges
		Century sailing barges became the most important cargo vessels on the Blackwater, and would generally ply their trade along the east coast to London.
		These vessels, with their tan sails, would carry hay, straw and grain up to the Capital to feed the growing number of horses that were used, and in return would bring manure and used straw back to Essex.
		At the height of their popularity around 1860, there were over 5000 Sailing Barges along the East Coast between Kent and Essex.
	www.maldon.gov.uk /VisitingTheDistrict/ThamesSailingBarges.htm (225 words)

	The Bargemen - family histories of boat and barge workers
		Three barges, Thyra, Lady Rosebery and Pudge, were taken in tow by the steel-hulled tug St. Fagan.
		There the three barges were cast off from the tug.
		The tug Tanga encountered the sailing barge Pudge and towed her back to England.
	www.bargemen.co.uk /pudge.html (190 words)

	Hull Model Boat Group. Scratch Built Model Sailing Barges
		This barge is 30" long and is based on a Humber sloop barge called the 'Amy Howson'.She has a fibreglass hull and uses a centre board keel to allow her to have a yacht like sailing performance.
		The keel is held in place by a pin which can be removed to allow the barge to be displayed as she originally was designed.
		This barge is 30" long and is based on a Humber sloop barge taken around three months to complete.
	www.stanshobbies.karoo.net /Sailing_barges.htm (287 words)

	Thames Sailing Barge Home Page
		Thames Sailing Barges have a significant following for a variety of reasons.
		A number of these vessels still survive in various roles, some fully active, others used as house barges or are awaiting restoration, while many are rotting away, abandoned in creeks long ago.
		I'll be pleased to hear about your barging interests, and do let me know if you spot any errors, or have any updated information.
	www.thamesbarge.org.uk (132 words)

	Xylonite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although Xylonine is a large vessel, she is exceptionally easy to sail for the Thames barges were designed to be crewed by one man and his boy.
		However, the sheer size of her sails and sheets and the weight of equipment, such as that used to haul in leeboards, means that the unfit are likely to have a few aches and pains after their first day’s sailing, especially if they’ve elected to join the barge for one of the races.
		The barges leave from their traditional trading haunts and, after the race, congregate there again to spend the night at anchor, or sitting on their flat bottoms on the hard.
	www.boatsyachtsmarinas.com /history/html/xylonite.html (957 words)

	Thames Sailing Barge
		They were built around the Thames estuary in the South East of England where they worked.
		The design and sailing characteristics were designed so as to be sailed by a crew of a man and a boy.
		The control of all six sails will give you very realistic sailing performance and, whether sailing close hauled or on a run, she will amaze you with her speed and maneuverability.
	www.rchobby.co.uk /thames_sailing_barge.html (239 words)

	Alibris: Barges
		OFFSHORE is a love story set among a community of barge-dwellers on the Thames, where Fitzgerald herself lived with her family in the 1960s.
		Why, the barge barely floats, the galley is a mess, and Uncle Hal's clearly not much of a sailor at all.
		A history of tug, tow, and barge boats describing the many tasks they play to keep cargo moving and their important role in world commerce.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Barges (504 words)

	Thames Sailing Barges - Topsail Charters
		Glenway was launched in 1913 at Rochester to join a fleet of over 2,000 Thames barges carrying a wide variety of cargoes from the East Coast Rivers into the Port of London.
		Her story is one of survival - abandoned on the beaches at Dunkirk, she was boarded and sailed home by 213 soldiers; washed ashore off Great Yarmouth in a storm in 1951 she was refloated; left to rot at the end of Maldon's promenade in the 1980's she was saved and rebuilt.
		Cooks Barge Yard Heritage Centre tells their story from evolution in the early 1800's, to their heyday at the turn of the century, decline after World War II and, for the lucky few, new working lives as yachts and charter vessels today.
	www.top-sail.co.uk /cooks_barge_yard.htm (171 words)

	Charles Dickens Gad's Hill Place - Our Mutual Friend
		For in that year the Annual Barge Sailing Match was founded by him and his friends on the Corn Exchange.
		Others, if you are on foot, watching the barges from the coastal paths during a Match, or taking a coastal walk at some other time of the year.
		Dickens' character is located somewhere between the Thames and the Chatham Dockyard and is describing the spritsail Stump rigged sailing barges used for transporting hay up-river to London's horse population.
	www.perryweb.com /Dickens/work_dodd.shtml (930 words)

	Thames Sailing Barge and model boats at Nauticalia for Nautical Gifts and Boating Equipment UK
		Thames Sailing Barges were highly-developed working craft that could carry cargoes of up to 250 tons (equivalent to more than six articulated lorries!) with a crew of just two men.
		In their heyday, the late 19th century, there were over 8,000 plying England's east coast rivers and ports, carrying everything from coal to livestock.
		Featured in The Sunday Express - LINDA BARKER Interiors column - "This handcrafted replica of a traditional Thames sailing barge is the perfect finishing touch to a nautical scheme".
	nauticalia.com /uk-info/.../thames_barge_model/7493.html (236 words)

	Thames Sailing Barge Yearbook Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is a new initiative designed to bridge the gap between established barge enthusiasts and the general public who know little or nothing about the topic and are curious to know more and discover how to get involved should they fancy the idea.
		It has been written and is being privately published by a former professional mariner who is on the Thames Sailing Barge Match Committee and is a member of the Thames Sailing Barge Trust and the Society for Sailing Barge Research.
		the Medway, the Passage, Pin Mill, the Thames, Swale, Blackwater, Southend or Colne.
	www.sailingbargeyearbook.org.uk (345 words)

	Thames Barge Sailing Boat Model - Premier Ship Models
		Thames sailing Barges were highly developed craft that could carry cargoes of up to 25 tons with a crew of just two men.
		In their heyday, around the late 1800's there were over 8,000 plying England's east coast rivers and ports, carrying everything from coal to livestock.
		Their efficiency was such that engines, road and rail could not beat them for transporting bulky, non urgent items until well into the 1950's-making them amongst the very last commercial sailing boats in the UK.
	www.premiershipmodels.com /index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/categoryid/4/productid/263/c/USD (189 words)

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