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 Fitting out at West Mersea, 1939. William Wyatt stands, rule in hand, while the covers come of the 40-foot cutter FLORENCE in the mud-berths at the Old City end of the waterside. 
The bermudian ketch, ahead, has her sails airing in the spring sunshine and a smack converted for pleasure use lies beyond. The saltings of the marsh stretch towards the low horizon of Peldon with new-leafed elms in ...
Cat1 Mersea-->Creeks, fleets, channels, saltings Cat2 Yachts and yachting-->Sail-->Larger Cat3 Mersea-->Old City & the Hard

Fitting out at West Mersea, 1939. William Wyatt stands, rule in hand, while the covers come of the 40-foot cutter FLORENCE in the mud-berths at the "Old City" end of the waterside. The bermudian ketch, ahead, has her sails airing in the spring sunshine and a smack converted for pleasure use lies beyond. The saltings of the marsh stretch towards the low horizon of Peldon with new-leafed elms in the haze of a fine day.
Caption from The Salty Shore, page 30.
Photograph by Douglas Went.
Date: 1939      


Photo: Ron Green Collection - Douglas Went
Image ID RG27_353
Category 1 Mersea-->Creeks, fleets, channels, saltings
Category 3 Mersea-->Old City & the Hard


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.