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The River Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow tributary rivers. Please take a look at our one-design sailboat designs which include: Optimist, Sunfish, Cotuit Skiff, Wiano Senior, Flying Dutchman, Thistle, Flying Fifteen, International 420, J24,Flying Scot,Snipe, Star and more. New designs are added every week. Great for awards and trophies. Please let your sailing friends know about our designs. Thank you.

The River Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow tributary rivers.

I PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES, THIS SHOWS THE BARGES TRYING TO BEAT THE STEAM TUG IN GALLEONS REACH, RIVER THAMES. OIL ON CANVAS

I PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES, THIS SHOWS THE BARGES PASSING WEST INDIA DOCK ENTRANCE, BLACKWALL AND THE BLACKWALL THAMES POLICE STATION. THIS NOW HANGS IN THE THAMES POLICE MUSEUM, WAPPING, LONDON ON PERMANENT DISPLAY WITH 3 OTHER OF MACKENZIE'S PAINTING.. OIL ON CANVAS

A digital sketch of sailing dinghies near Goring-on-Thames just above Cleeve Lock. This is where the River Thames makes its way between the North Wessex or Berkshire Downs and the Chiltern Hills - this stretch being known as the Goring Gap. A variety of boats are found here - launches, racing boats, canoes, kayaks - and sailing boats. Seen on a bright summer day on a walk along the Thames Path National Trail which stretches from Cricklade in the Cotswolds to the Thames Barrier.

A Thames sailing barge of the type once common around the Thames estuary and England's East Coast. Being flat bottomed with a shallow draft of only two and a half feet they could sail into the creeks and inlets around the Thames estuary to carry goods. The collapsible main mast allowed them to sail under bridges.They were also very stable and possessed cargo space above and below deck.

An old Oxford college barge under the trees in a backwater of the River Thames between Oxford and Iffley. A number of barges like this were bought by the Oxford colleges' rowing clubs in the mid-1800s as changing rooms and viewing platforms for spectators during races. They have now been sold off and can be occasionally found as floating function rooms etc. Club houses were built to replace them and can be found near Christ Church Meadows in Oxford.

LIVING AND WORKING IN WAPPING, LONDON I LOOKED ACCROSS TO ST MAY'S CHURCH ROTHERHITHE WHERE SOME OF THE CREW AND CAPTAIN OF THE MAYFLOWER ARE BURRIED, I PAINTED VARIOUS SUN RISES AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY

LIVING AND WORKING IN WAPPING, LONDON I LOOKED ACCROSS TO ST MAY'S CHURCH ROTHERHITHE WHERE SOME OF THE CREW AND CAPTAIN OF THE MAYFLOWER ARE BURRIED, I PAINTED VARIOUS SUN RISES AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY

I PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES, THIS IS 'MAY' AT SEA

LIVING AND WORKING IN WAPPING, LONDON I LOOKED ACCROSS TO ST MAY'S CHURCH ROTHERHITHE WHERE SOME OF THE CREW AND CAPTAIN OF THE MAYFLOWER ARE BURRIED, I PAINTED VARIOUS SUN RISES AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY

The River Thames as it flows between the villages of Streatley in Berkshire, England to the south and Goring in Oxfordshire to the north. This is a break between the North Wessex (Berkshire) Downs and the Chiltern Hills known as the Goring Gap. This is the view looking west from the bridge. Moored on the left is one of the old Oxford College barges - now an events venue for the hotel on the river bank. To the right the Thames rushes over the weir, boats passing through the lock. This is a popular scene with artists. Nikon 7100 Nikkor 18-200

A schooner making it's way from London to the open sea.

The Thames sailing barge Dannebrog sails towards Tower bridge as the sun goes down. Oil on canvas

I SAILED ON AND PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES WHEN I WAS A RIVER POLICEMAN AND HERE IS 'DANEBURGE SAILING TOWARDS TOWER BRIDGE AT SUNSET, OIL ON CANVAS 16 BY 20 INCHES

I SAILED ON AND PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES WHEN I WAS A RIVER POLICEMAN AND HERE IS 'MAY SAILING PAST GREENWICH NAVAL COLLEGE AT, OIL ON CANVAS 16 BY 20 INCHES

I SAILED ON AND PAINTED MANY THAMES SAILING BARGES WHEN I WAS A RIVER POLICEMAN AND HERE IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE, 'CABBY

On his retirement from the Bank of England in 1908, Kenneth Grahame returned to Blewbury in Berkshire, the county in which he had grown up. In October that year he published The Wind in the Willows, a novel for children featuring an array of anthropomorphic characters, including Rat (a water vole), Mole, Toad, and Badger. Toad lives in a house on the edge of the River Bank, Toad Hall. Grahame's description of Toad Hall is sparse: "a handsome, dignified old house of mellowed red brick, with well-kept lawns reaching down to the water's edge".

LIVING AND WORKING IN WAPPING, LONDON I LOOKED ACCROSS TO ST MAY'S CHURCH ROTHERHITHE WHERE SOME OF THE CREW AND CAPTAIN OF THE MAYFLOWER ARE BURRIED, I PAINTED VARIOUS SUN RISES AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY

THIS PAINTING SHOWS THE RIVER WHEN WEST INDIA DOCK, NOW CANARY WHARF WAS A WORKING DOCK, THE OLD BLUE SWING BRIDGE THAT STADDLES BLACKWALL AND THE ISLE OF DOGS, THE GUN PUBLIC HOUSE AND BLACKWALL THAMES POLICE STATION

An old Oxford college barge hiding in a backwater of the River Thames between Oxford and Iffley. A number of barges like this were bought by the Oxford colleges' rowing clubs in the mid 1800s as changing rooms and viewing platforms for spectators during races. They have now been sold off and can be occasionally found as floating function rooms etc. Club houses were built to replace them and can be found near Christ Church Meadows in Oxford.

Pendragon on Thames, Marlow, August 2020 A narrow boat 'Pendragon' moored up on the River Thames at Marlow (Buckinghamshire, England). The scene also includes All Saints Church (top left), and the majestic Marlow suspension bridge. Date: 3rd August 2020.

An Essex sailing barge stuck on the mud at low tide at Battlesbridge Essex England

A digital artistic rendering of an image taken on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Skipton showing a narrow boat meandering through the Yorkshire countryside on a summer's day.

Smacks near the starting point of the annual Colne Smack Preservation Soceity`s races on the River Colne.

Commission from the late historian and author Madge Darby, HMS Bounty passing Wapping where she lived and Captain Bligh lived for a while

The Od London Bridge painted on a 20 by 30 inch canvas, The original owned by my young brother Bruce, but for a small price you to can have the painting on your wall in Print.

Barges and Smacks near the starting point of the Colne Smack Preservation Society`s annual Colne Smack and Barge races on the River Colne.

A monochrome Winter night photograph of Westminster Bridge, London, and reflections cast onto the River Thames

Illawarra moored up with the sun setting and the sky turning yellow, I have listed some information about her below. painted on a 20 by 30 inch canvas, unfortunately the original was destroyed by my first wife when I left her, but then I can understand . Builders: Dobie & Co., Glasgow.

I found an old sepia photo of the construction of Tower Bridge in The Thames Police Museum, and asked to turn it into a painting. I only had the stern of the ship. After research in the London Docklands museum, with the help of the curator, we found that a ship called the 'SS Ruahine' may have been up there during this period, so I was able to paint the whole ship from a very faded photo of her. It also shows the local boys nicknamed, The Mudlarks, playing in the dity Thames water, and a Police rowing galley with three officers nearby. A very detailed painting on a 100 by 80 cm canvas in oil. It took months to complete, but now you can enjoy it in print, a little bit of London's history not to be missed captured in oils. The early 1890s...

A monochrome view of Tower Bridge, London