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Greeting Card /Notelets
5 cards of 2 designs with envelopes Blank inside for your own message NEW£5.00 Add to basket -
James Lawrence Sailmakers
Author James Lawrence Chaffcutter Books in association with The Society for Sailing Barge Research NEW Buoyed by the success of London Light, his first foray into authorship, Jim’s follow-up in the somewhat saturated genre of sailing barge literature, saw his pen steered to recording his experiences in sail-making for barges and other£19.50 Add to basket -
Just Off The Swale
The story of the barge building village of Conyer Author Don Sattin NEW The author brings alive this now sleepy part of what was the industrial and maritime might of the north Kent coastline in Victorian times. He was Foreman Shipwright at White’s shipyard in Conyer, a locality about which his knowledge£14.50 Add to basket -
Last of the Sailorman
Author Bob Roberts NEW The last of all to carry a commercial cargo under sail alone was Bob Roberts, his command the coasting barge Cambria. He writes in the introduction ‘Much of this book has been written in a barge’s cabin, rolling at anchor in Yarmouth Roads, stormbound under the lee£7.50 Add to basket -
Last Stronghold of Sail
Last Stronghold of Sail Hervey Benham SECOND HAND - FAIR 1950 The Story of the Essex Sailing-Smacks, Coasters and Barges£5.00 Add to basket -
Mate of the Caprice
Author Gordon Brown NEW Many good books have portrayed the skipper’s role as master of a sailing barge in trade, but here we have the experiences of a barge’s mate. Gordon Brown aspired to a career afloat in a P & O liner from an early age and was classified as£6.99 Add to basket -
Mate of the Caprice – 2nd Hand
Mate of the Caprice Gordon Brown SECOND HAND - GOOD 1995 In the 1930s, hundreds of barges sailed the crowded waters of the Thames estuary carrying up to 100 tons of every sort of cargo - wheat and barley, coal, gun powder, cement and gravel. These remarkable craft were worked by a crew£5.00 Add to basket -
Once Upon A Tide
Once Upon A Tide Hervey Benham SECOND HAND - GOOD 1986£5.00 Add to basket -
Once Upon A Tide 1971 edition
Once Upon A Tide Hervey Benham SECOND HAND - FAIR 1971£5.00 Add to basket -
Powderbarge WD
Powderbarge WD David Wood NEW Revised edition 2000 Published by the Society for Sailing Barge Research£7.50 Add to basket -
Pudge…A Survivor
Published by the Thames Sailing Barge Trust, this book tells the story of Pudge from her launch in 1922 up to her 100th Birthday in 2022 including her recent rebuild. The book contains many images along with details of her crews, the ports she visited and many of the cargoes£22.95 Add to basket -
Rochester Sailing Barges of the Victorian Era
Rochester Sailing Barges of the Victorian Era Bob Childs SECOND HAND - GOOD 1993 A well-researched and authoritative study of Rochester/River Medway sailing barges of the Victorian period. With Appendixes and Index£15.00 Add to basket