Sailing Barge Tapestries

A sailing barge heading into Portsmouth Harbour. The image was captured from the Southsea end of Portsmouth, looking out on to Spithead. In the background are the hills of the Isle of Wight with yachts and a car ferry. These barges are more commonly seen in the Thames estuary and East Anglia area where they were once the local freight carriers.

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.

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.

A sailing barge heading back to harbour under power after a day's work. Originally photographed off Blakeney Point with textures and tones added during processing to enhance the dreamy nature of the scene. Sailing barges or Thames barges were once the 'workhorses' around the coast of East Anglia and into the Thames estuary as far as London transporting a wide variety of goods.

A Thames sailing barge at the quayside in Woodbridge, Suffolk. These barges were once a common sight along the Thames estuary and the east coast of England. Being flat-bottomed and with a shallow draught they could negotiate the shallower areas of the Thames, its estuary and the tributary rivers. Woodbridge is a picturesque town on the River Deben in Suffolk. The quay area is full of photographic opportunities and in the background here is the old weatherboarded tide mill. Nikon D7100 Nikkor 18-200

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

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

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

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

Founded in 1935, Harbor Tug & Barge Company was one of San Francisco Bay's first dedicated tugboat operators. In business for over half a century, at its peak, Harbor Tug maintained a fleet of 15 high-powered tugboats, and over 70 barges. Aside from guiding freighters in and out of the bay, Harbor Tug's barges were used for everything from waterfront construction and demolition projects, to the haulage of bulk materials and garbage.

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.

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

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

The Cruise Chromosome is a metamorphism of the BLW and Prop Chromosomes merge together. When this is formed in a person they will notice increasing yearnings and desires to be on the water or at least close to it, as well as the symptoms or characteristics already associated with carriers of BLW & PROP.

The Narrowboat in the Narrow Village

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

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

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